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Introduction Constipation is a common and often overlooked problem with potentially serious consequences, including patient discomfort, urinary retention, delirium and bowel obstruction. These consequences can lead to prolonged hospital stay, increased healthcare costs and increased morbidity and mortality. Accurate stool chart documentation is an essential part of basic care that helps prevent this. The aim of the project was to increase daily stool chart documentation, including stool type, to 70% on a care of the elderly ward in a medium-sized district general hospital. Method We created a proforma to review each patients' stool chart from the previous 24 hours. Daily data was collected by measuring the number of correctly completed stool charts on the ward. Initial baseline data showed an average daily completion rate of 24%. We tested 3 separate interventions over a 6 week period using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) methodology: Intervention 1- Increase staff awareness about stool charts via email, posters and at handovers Intervention 2- Complete stool charts every time routine observations are performed Intervention 3- Complete online stool charts. Results All interventions led to an improvement in the average daily stool chart completion rate. Intervention 1 caused the most significant improvement with the average daily stool chart completion rate increasing to 77%. Intervention 2 was the least successful change, with an average daily stool chart completion rate of 39%. Intervention 3 had an average daily stool chart completion rate of 64%. Conclusion Simple interventions like staff education and prompts to help culture and behaviour change led to a significant improvement in stool chart documentation rates. Paper documentation (intervention 1) fared better than online documentation (intervention 3) most likely due to the former requiring fewer processes to complete. Intense monitoring and documentation (intervention 2) was unsuccessful and was perceived to be burdensome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]