Most hospice rooms will have do not disturb signs which can be hung on the door handle to indicate that you don’t want people to come in. Who are these signs for? Are they there for the patient or the clinicians? We hang the do not disturb sign on when we see patients as we do not want our clinical assessment to be disturbed and to maintain the patient’s privacy. We put the sign up if a patient is in the bathroom washing, or if a procedure such as a dressing change is being undertaken. Are patients encouraged to use the do not disturb sign for their purposes?