Discharge

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1. When discharge decisions miss the bigger picture: a patient safety reflection

   • Patient safety incident
   • Organisation / service factors
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Patient safety incident
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Patient harmed
     • Organisational learning
     • Observations
     • Patient death
     • Discharge
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Investigation

   By Wayne Jordan Milligan, 14 May

   • 0 comments
   • 491 views
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   • 14 May

2. Children's Commissioner: Children waiting to leave hospital (March 2026)

   • Discharge
   • Lack of resources
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Discharge
     • Lack of resources
     • Children and Young People
     • Paediatrics
     • Social Care
     • Community care

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 March

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   • 298 views
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   • 25 March

3. Triangulating feedback: a 4-step process to support improvement in discharge (NHS England)

   • Post-discharge support
   • Discharge
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     • Post-discharge support
     • Discharge
     • Hospital ward

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 3 February

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   • 219 views
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   • 3 February

4. Experience of follow-up care post hospital discharge (13 November 2025)

   • Post-discharge support
   • Discharge
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     • Post-discharge support
     • Discharge
     • Hospital ward

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 1 December, 2025

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   • 158 views
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   • 1 December, 2025

5. Healthwatch: NHS urged to do more to help patients leave hospital safely (20 November 2023)

   • Patient
   • Discharge
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Patient
     • Discharge
     • Follow up
     • Communication problems
     • Care coordination

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 November, 2023

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   • 798 views
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   • 20 November, 2023

6. Getting the fundamentals right: how to better prepare for discharge pressures next winter (Nuffield Trust, 24 July 2023)

   • Discharge
   • Transfer of care
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Discharge
     • Transfer of care
     • Data

   By Mark Hughes, 9 August, 2023

   • 3 comments
   • 1,553 views
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   • Comment by Cath Marsland
   • 24 August, 2023

7. Discharge to assess: transforming the discharge process of frail older patients (February 2017)

   • Discharge
   • Organisation / service factors
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     • Discharge
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Older People (over 65)
     • Home
     • Transformation
     • Process redesign
     • Social Care
     • Community care
     • Healthcare
     • Collaboration
     • Patient engagement
     • Staff engagement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 9 January, 2023

   • 0 comments
   • 735 views
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   • 9 January, 2023

8. Mixed-methods study examining family carers’ perceptions of the relationship between intrahospital transitions and patient readiness for discharge (22 September 2022)

   • Discharge
   • Transfer of care
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     • Discharge
     • Transfer of care
     • Patient
     • Patient / family support
     • Communication
     • Communication problems
     • Post-discharge support

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 October, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 855 views
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   • 14 October, 2022

9. Hospitals at capacity: understanding delays in patient discharge (Nuffield Trust, 3 October 2022)

   • Discharge
   • Long waiting list
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Discharge
     • Long waiting list
     • Social care
     • Community care
     • Hospital ward
     • Ambulance
     • Handover
     • Data
     • Lack of resources

   By Patient Safety Learning, 12 October, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 916 views
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   • 12 October, 2022

10. Health Foundation - Improving hospital discharge in England: the case for continued focus and support (31 March 2022)

    • Discharge
    • Assessment
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Discharge
      • Assessment
      • Communication
      • Collaboration
      • Patient engagement
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 4 April, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 1,280 views
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    • 4 April, 2022

11. The Integrator: The discharge debacle (HSJ, 13 January 2022)

    • Discharge
    • Lack of resources
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Discharge
      • Lack of resources
      • Social Care
      • Patient discharged on time
      • Workforce management
      • Care home
      • Hospital ward

    By Patient Safety Learning, 18 January, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 972 views
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    • 18 January, 2022

12. How hospitals reengineer their discharge processes to reduce readmissions (April 2016)

    • Discharge
    • Readmission
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Discharge
      • Readmission
      • Follow up
      • Outpatients
      • Leadership
      • Care coordination

    By Patient Safety Learning, 12 October, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,368 views
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    • 12 October, 2020

13. DHSC. Hospital discharge service: policy and operating model (21 August 2020)

    • Discharge
    • Post-discharge support
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Discharge
      • Post-discharge support
      • Virus
      • Care coordination
      • Follow up
      • Transfer of care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 September, 2020

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    • 2,020 views
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    • 9 September, 2020

14. AHRQ's Re-Engineered Discharge toolkit

    • Communication
    • Transparency
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Communication
      • Transparency
      • Patient engagement
      • Discharge

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 August, 2020

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    • 4,493 views
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    • 21 August, 2020

15. Age UK: Getting help after hospital discharge

    • Older People (over 65)
    • Post-discharge support
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      • Older People (over 65)
      • Post-discharge support
      • Discharge

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 7 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,412 views
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    • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
    • 7 May, 2020

16. PRSB: An introduction to completing a discharge summary (14 September 2018)

    • Transfer of care
    • Handover

    By Patient Safety Learning, 9 June, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,664 views
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    • 9 June, 2019