During the night, the hospital staff clinically relies on the members of the Night Practitioner Team to support them in making clinical decisions, and often attend to support with clinical practices such as cannulation and venipuncture.

All of these staff members attend with compassion and understanding, often reassuring nurses and clinical staff at night in many different stressful and pressurised situations. When the night practitioners attend to an emergency call, their presence is often seen and felt as security, and this instills reassurance in nursing staff, new and old, due to their vast knowledge and experience, and patience when guiding nursing staff through these most acute episodes at night when the hospital is not as well supported as it would be during the day. This then supports nursing staff to deliver the best possible patient care to the allocated patients, each nurse is responsible and accountable for. Thank you