I would rather book-in my patient. If we've a delay and are parked up in the corridor... sorry... ambulance waiting... then we take the opportunity to get our patinet into the computer system. So begins the countodwn to 4 hours. If we're shown straight to a cubicle then, following hand-over to the nurse i am then released. The nurse stays with her charge and i will take the Form to reception. This means the nurse does not have to leave her/his patient in the early stages following hand-over. Sometimes, due to writing in a moving vehicle, reception are unsure of something we have written and we are the best people to advise upon our own scrawl. To me, it makes sense that this continuity be... well... continued :)