Transitions of care

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1. Waiting to get in, waiting to get out: corridor care, delayed discharges and rising pressures on hospitals (King's Fund, 7 July 2026)

   • Discharge
   • Hospital corridor
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Discharge
     • Hospital corridor
     • Lack of resources
     • Patient suffering

   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 hours ago

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   • 5 hours ago

2. Staff experiences of implementing patient-initiated follow-up (PIFU) in the NHS in England: findings from a rapid qualitative evaluation (30 January 2026)

   • Person-centred care
   • Appointment
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Person-centred care
     • Appointment
     • Follow up
     • Care coordination
     • Research
     • Staff factors

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 February

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   • 289 views
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   • 6 February

3. Improving awareness and communication of Do Not Resuscitate orders during transitions of care (September 2025)

   • Transfer of care
   • Patient engagement
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Patient engagement
     • Consent

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 9 September, 2025

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   • 298 views
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   • 9 September, 2025

4. Patient safety in outpatients: Supporting patients to help keep themselves safe

   • Outpatients
   • Care navigation
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Outpatients
     • Care navigation
     • Care coordination
     • Person-centred care
     • Patient engagement
     • Communication
     • Electronic Patient Record

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 July, 2025

   • 1 comment
   • 1,919 views
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   • Comment by JasonC
   • 19 August, 2025

5. Patient safety in outpatients: What are the risks and why aren’t we dealing with them?

   • Care navigation
   • Home
   • (and 10 more)

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     • Care navigation
     • Home
     • Primary care
     • Tests / investigations
     • Patient harmed
     • Care coordination
     • Handover
     • Treatment
     • Communication problems
     • Deterioration
     • Long waiting list
     • Reporting

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 July, 2025

   • 1 comment
   • 1,619 views
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   • Comment by James Andrews
   • 18 July, 2025

6. Patient safety in outpatients: What are the gaps in measuring and reporting harm?

   • Care coordination
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 10 more)

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     • Care coordination
     • Patient harmed
     • Primary care
     • Handover
     • Reporting
     • Transfer of care
     • Medication
     • Tests / investigations
     • Information sharing
     • Electronic Health Record
     • Long waiting list
     • Knowledge issue

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 July, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 1,624 views
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   • 8 July, 2025

7. NCEPOD: Recovery beyond survival (12 June 2025)

   • HDU / ICU
   • Medicine - Rehabilitation
   • (and 6 more)

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     • HDU / ICU
     • Medicine - Rehabilitation
     • Patient / family support
     • Community care
     • Transfer of care
     • Handover
     • Communication
     • Standards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 June, 2025

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   • 542 views
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   • 13 June, 2025

8. Adverse events in patients transitioning from the emergency department to the inpatient setting (December 2024)

   • Emergency medicine
   • Transfer of care
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Emergency medicine
     • Transfer of care
     • Admission
     • Medication
     • Diagnosis

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 December, 2024

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   • 551 views
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   • 22 December, 2024

9. Care home safety incidents and safeguarding reports relating to hospital to care home transitions: A retrospective content analysis (October 2024)

   • Care home
   • Hospital ward
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Care home
     • Hospital ward
     • Discharge
     • Handover
     • Reporting
     • Patient safety incident
     • Research
     • Pandemic

   By Patient Safety Learning, 24 October, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 426 views
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   • 24 October, 2024

10. Medical evolution: Measures to improve the interface between primary and secondary care (Policy Exchange, 29 June 2023)

    • Transfer of care
    • Electronic Health Record
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Transfer of care
      • Electronic Health Record
      • Primary care
      • Long waiting list
      • Patient
      • England

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 September, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 650 views
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    • 15 September, 2023

11. The Inbetweeners – a review of the transition from CYP into adult health services (HQIP, 8 June 2023)

    • Transfer of care
    • Paediatrics
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Transfer of care
      • Paediatrics
      • Adult
      • Young Adult
      • Quality improvement
      • Long-term conditions
      • Patient / family support
      • Primary care

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,267 views
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    • 14 June, 2023

12. Patient harm and institutional avoidability of out-of-hours discharge from intensive care (7 March 2022)

    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
    • Transfer of care
    • (and 3 more)

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      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Transfer of care
      • Readmission
      • Discharge
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 April, 2022

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    • 1,204 views
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    • 6 April, 2022

13. ARMA - Urgent and emergency musculoskeletal conditions requiring onward referral (2 December 2020)

    • Arthritis
    • Medicine - Rheumatology
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Arthritis
      • Medicine - Rheumatology
      • Communication
      • Emergency medicine
      • Decision making

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 4 April, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 1,360 views
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    • 4 April, 2022

14. Is it time for greater patient involvement to enhance transitional medication safety? (14 August 2021)

    • Medication
    • Monitoring
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Medication
      • Monitoring
      • Patient engagement
      • Training
      • Transfer of care
      • Primary care

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 21 September, 2021

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    • 1,501 views
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    • 21 September, 2021

15. Human factors in clinical handover: development and testing of a ‘handover performance tool’ for doctors' shift handovers (6 December 2012)

    • Handover
    • Human factors
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Handover
      • Human factors
      • Communication
      • Teamwork

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 8 April, 2021

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    • 8 April, 2021

16. Supporting the flow of patient care from hospital to home (2019)

    • Care home
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Care home
      • Hospital ward
      • Post-discharge support
      • Handover
      • Process redesign
      • Older People (over 65)

    By Claire Cox, 28 November, 2019

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    • 1,598 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 28 November, 2019