Chamber and committees

Hospital at Night is a clinical system used in a number of NHS boards to ensure that high quality consistent care is provided to hospital inpatients overnight, and that staff working in the out of hours period do so under direct senior supervision. It is also an example of strong multidisciplinary working, involving a team of junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals working under the supervision of a senior nurse and senior doctor. Tasks and duties are co-ordinated through the team leader who ensures that the right person with the right skills is deployed to carry out the relevant clinical task. There has been no national evaluation of Hospital at Night, but boards continue to evaluate their clinical care systems to ensure they are delivering high quality care.