This was to identify factors that helped staff or may be a barrier to staff providing care discussed with service users to support their recovery. Their results suggested that positive practice took place within acute inpatient wards, with evidence of widespread commitment to safe, respectful, compassionate care. Although ideas of recovery were evident, there was some uncertainty about and discrepancy (unwarranted variation) in the relevance of recovery ideals to inpatient care and the ability of people in acute distress to engage in recovery-focused approaches.