Table 3.

Feedback on “Recognise and Reflect”

Themes	Example quotes
Inopportune timing	“Timing wise after a long shift people were exhausted and slow to talk! People had to get home to childminders etc” “I personally found at end of 12 hour shift most people are impatient to return home/exhausted/drained” “I work mainly night shift and when I come on at 8 when the sessions were on though I was interested in attending, I had to go to my allocated area of work to take handover” “… not available on my shifts. I usually work nights”
Opportunity to support colleagues	“…it gave us time to gather as a team to discuss the events from the day. Often when the LW is busy we would not get an opportunity to all discuss what we went through that day” “Hear others concerns and offer suggestions and support to junior colleagues” “They were beneficial for team bonding, learning and colleague support” “Good to get feedback, good and bad – how else can we improve?”
Time to destress and debrief	“Yes good to express feelings of stress after incidents” “A safe environment to discuss issues of day” “A great opportunity to debrief and just sit together after a shift” “Good to have a quick debrief before home – felt I did not carry it home with me if I had a bad day” “Feel like the day was finished” “Positives and negatives discussed while at work enabled me to switch off when I walked out the door”