diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/ActionResults/UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/ActionResults/UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e4902626..0000000000
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/ActionResults/UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
-using Umbraco.Extensions;
-
-namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.ActionResults
-{
-    public class UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse : OkObjectResult
-    {
-        public UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(string successMessage) : base(null)
-        {
-            var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel
-            {
-                Message = successMessage
-            };
-            notificationModel.AddSuccessNotification(successMessage, string.Empty);
-
-            Value = notificationModel;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
index a9dc8461da..27be8ec263 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/BackOfficeNotificationsController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
+using Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.ActionResults;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Filters;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.ActionsResults;
 using Umbraco.Extensions;
@@ -15,18 +17,43 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
     [AppendCurrentEventMessages]
     public abstract class BackOfficeNotificationsController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns a 200 OK response with a notification message
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="message"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected OkObjectResult Ok(string message)
+        {
+            var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel
+            {
+                Message = message
+            };
+            notificationModel.AddSuccessNotification(message, string.Empty);
+
+            return new OkObjectResult(notificationModel);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Overridden to ensure that the error message is an error notification message
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="errorMessage"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         protected override ActionResult ValidationProblem(string errorMessage)
+            => ValidationProblem(errorMessage, string.Empty);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates a notofication validation problem with a header and message
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="errorHeader"></param>
+        /// <param name="errorMessage"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected ActionResult ValidationProblem(string errorHeader, string errorMessage)
         {
             var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel
             {
                 Message = errorMessage
             };
-            notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(errorMessage, string.Empty);
+            notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(errorHeader, errorMessage);
             return new ValidationErrorResult(notificationModel);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
index c9a608204c..4f13b2146b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentController.cs
@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
         {
             _contentService.EmptyRecycleBin(_backofficeSecurityAccessor.BackOfficeSecurity.GetUserId().ResultOr(Constants.Security.SuperUserId));
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(_localizedTextService.Localize("defaultdialogs/recycleBinIsEmpty"));
+            return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("defaultdialogs/recycleBinIsEmpty"));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -2362,8 +2362,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             if (rollbackResult.Success)
                 return Ok();
 
-            var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel();
-
             switch (rollbackResult.Result)
             {
                 case OperationResultType.Failed:
@@ -2371,22 +2369,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 case OperationResultType.FailedExceptionThrown:
                 case OperationResultType.NoOperation:
                 default:
-                    notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(
-                                    _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationFailedHeader"),
-                                    null); // TODO: There is no specific failed to save error message AFAIK
-                    break;
+                    return ValidationProblem(_localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationFailedHeader"));
                 case OperationResultType.FailedCancelledByEvent:
-                    notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(
-                                    _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationCancelledHeader"),
-                                    _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationCancelledText"));
-                    break;
+                    return ValidationProblem(
+                        _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationCancelledHeader"),
+                        _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/operationCancelledText"));
             }
-
-            return ValidationProblem(notificationModel);
         }
-
-
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
index d0f22b7f5e..ab7788e139 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/ContentTypeControllerBase.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
     /// </summary>
     [PluginController(Constants.Web.Mvc.BackOfficeApiArea)]
     [PrefixlessBodyModelValidator]
-    public abstract class ContentTypeControllerBase<TContentType> : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
+    public abstract class ContentTypeControllerBase<TContentType> : BackOfficeNotificationsController
         where TContentType : class, IContentTypeComposition
     {
         private readonly EditorValidatorCollection _editorValidatorCollection;
@@ -417,9 +417,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 case MoveOperationStatusType.FailedCancelledByEvent:
                     return ValidationProblem();
                 case MoveOperationStatusType.FailedNotAllowedByPath:
-                    var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel();
-                    notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(LocalizedTextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/notAllowedByPath"), "");
-                    return ValidationProblem(notificationModel);
+                    return ValidationProblem(LocalizedTextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/notAllowedByPath"));
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
             }
@@ -455,10 +453,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                     return NotFound();
                 case MoveOperationStatusType.FailedCancelledByEvent:
                     return ValidationProblem();
-                case MoveOperationStatusType.FailedNotAllowedByPath:
-                    var notificationModel = new SimpleNotificationModel();
-                    notificationModel.AddErrorNotification(LocalizedTextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/notAllowedByPath"), "");
-                    return ValidationProblem(notificationModel);
+                case MoveOperationStatusType.FailedNotAllowedByPath:                    
+                    return ValidationProblem(LocalizedTextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/notAllowedByPath"));
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/MediaController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/MediaController.cs
index 4e160f0fed..a2f1fe36c3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/MediaController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/MediaController.cs
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
         {
             _mediaService.EmptyRecycleBin(_backofficeSecurityAccessor.BackOfficeSecurity.GetUserId().ResultOr(Constants.Security.SuperUserId));
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(_localizedTextService.Localize("defaultdialogs/recycleBinIsEmpty"));
+            return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("defaultdialogs/recycleBinIsEmpty"));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UserGroupsController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UserGroupsController.cs
index f5cdb94d37..971d7400de 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UserGroupsController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UserGroupsController.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Security;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Strings;
-using Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.ActionResults;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Filters;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Attributes;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Authorization;
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
     [PluginController(Constants.Web.Mvc.BackOfficeApiArea)]
     [Authorize(Policy = AuthorizationPolicies.SectionAccessUsers)]
     [PrefixlessBodyModelValidator]
-    public class UserGroupsController : UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController
+    public class UserGroupsController : BackOfficeNotificationsController
     {
         private readonly IUserService _userService;
         private readonly IContentService _contentService;
@@ -202,10 +201,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 _userService.DeleteUserGroup(userGroup);
             }
             if (userGroups.Length > 1)
-                return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
-                    _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/deleteUserGroupsSuccess", new[] {userGroups.Length.ToString()}));
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
-                _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/deleteUserGroupSuccess", new[] {userGroups[0].Name}));
+            {
+                return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/deleteUserGroupsSuccess", new[] {userGroups.Length.ToString()}));
+            }
+
+            return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/deleteUserGroupSuccess", new[] {userGroups[0].Name}));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UsersController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UsersController.cs
index 669ff6158f..ff2e087aa4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UsersController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.BackOffice/Controllers/UsersController.cs
@@ -733,12 +733,10 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
 
             if (users.Length > 1)
             {
-                return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
-                    _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/disableUsersSuccess", new[] {userIds.Length.ToString()}));
+                return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/disableUsersSuccess", new[] {userIds.Length.ToString()}));
             }
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
-                _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/disableUserSuccess", new[] { users[0].Name }));
+            return Ok(_localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/disableUserSuccess", new[] { users[0].Name }));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -757,11 +755,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
 
             if (users.Length > 1)
             {
-                return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+                return Ok(
                     _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/enableUsersSuccess", new[] { userIds.Length.ToString() }));
             }
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+            return Ok(
                 _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/enableUserSuccess", new[] { users[0].Name }));
         }
 
@@ -793,12 +791,12 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
 
                 if (userIds.Length == 1)
                 {
-                    return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+                    return Ok(
                         _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/unlockUserSuccess", new[] {user.Name}));
                 }
             }
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+            return Ok(
                 _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/unlockUsersSuccess", new[] {(userIds.Length - notFound.Count).ToString()}));
         }
 
@@ -816,7 +814,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
                 }
             }
             _userService.Save(users);
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+            return Ok(
                 _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/setUserGroupOnUsersSuccess"));
         }
 
@@ -847,7 +845,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers
             var userName = user.Name;
             _userService.Delete(user, true);
 
-            return new UmbracoNotificationSuccessResponse(
+            return Ok(
                 _localizedTextService.Localize("speechBubbles/deleteUserSuccess", new[] { userName }));
         }