Transfers of care

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1. NHS England: Supporting young people to transition into adolescent and adult services (8 April 2026)

   • Young Adult
   • Children and Young People
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Young Adult
     • Children and Young People
     • Integrated Care System (ICS)
     • Transfer of care

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 April

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   • 16 April

2. What does a good discharge from hospital to home look like?

   • Transfer of care
   • Post-discharge support
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     • Transfer of care
     • Post-discharge support
     • Discharge
     • Hospital ward

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 15 December, 2025

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   • 15 December, 2025

3. Bridging the gap between policy and practice: A Safety-II approach to patient transfers

   • Transfer of care
   • Safety II
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Safety II
     • Collaboration
     • Policies
     • Risk assessment

   By Anonymous, 22 July, 2025

   • 1 comment
   • 2,264 views
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   • Comment by Andyb
   • 20 August, 2025

4. Optimizing safety for patients transferred from intensive care units to general medical wards A SIMPLER approach (27 May 2025)

   • Transfer of care
   • HDU / ICU
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     • Transfer of care
     • HDU / ICU
     • Hospital ward
     • Discharge
     • Observations

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 June, 2025

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   • 1,250 views
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   • 10 June, 2025

5. PRSB: Transfer of care toolkit

   • Transfer of care
   • Standards
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Standards
     • Discharge
     • Data

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 July, 2024

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   • 2 July, 2024

6. Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover? (Nuffield Trust, 24 January 2024)

   • Person-centred care
   • Follow up
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     • Person-centred care
     • Follow up
     • Outpatients
     • Care coordination
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Appointment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 7 February, 2024

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   • 761 views
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   • 7 February, 2024

7. Evaluating patient identification practices during intrahospital transfers: A human factors approach (28 September 2022)

   • Transfer of care
   • Communication
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Transfer of care
     • Communication
     • Patient identification
     • Human factors
     • Ergonomics
     • System safety

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 October, 2022

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   • 6 October, 2022

8. Potentially severe incidents during interhospital transport of critically ill patients, frequently occurring but rarely reported: a prospective study (January 2022)

   • Ambulance
   • Reporting
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     • Ambulance
     • Reporting
     • Patient safety incident

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 January, 2022

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   • 24 January, 2022

9. Medico-legal: How GPs can deal with referral delays caused by COVID-19 (6 October 2020)

   • GP
   • Legal issue
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     • GP
     • Legal issue
     • Complaint
     • Long waiting list
     • Follow up
     • Appointment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 October, 2020

   • 1 comment
   • 3,101 views
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   • Comment by HelenH
   • 20 October, 2020

10. Standard Operating Procedure for ICU/HDU Handover

    • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
    • Transfer of care
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      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Transfer of care
      • Handover
      • Anaesthetist
      • Nurse

    By Claire Cox, 13 April, 2020

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    • 4,555 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 April, 2020

11. Safe transfer of the brain-injured patient: trauma and stroke, 2019

    • Stroke
    • Transfer of care
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Stroke
      • Transfer of care
      • Anaesthetist
      • Treatment
      • protocols and procedures

    By Claire Cox, 26 January, 2020

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    • 1,387 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 26 January, 2020

12. Crisis care summary 2.1- Professional Record Standards Body

    • End of life care
    • Patient / family support
    • (and 4 more)

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      • End of life care
      • Patient / family support
      • Staff support
      • Post-discharge support
      • Standards
      • Digital strategy

    By Claire Cox, 12 January, 2020

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    • 1,425 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 January, 2020

13. Clinical referral information v 1.1 - Professional Records Standards Body

    • GP
    • Primary care
    • (and 4 more)

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      • GP
      • Primary care
      • Transfer of care
      • Clinical administration
      • Handover
      • Standards

    By Claire Cox, 12 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,482 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 12 January, 2020

14. Mental Health inpatient discharge V2.1

    • Mental health
    • GP
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Mental health
      • GP
      • Primary care
      • Communication
      • Discharge
      • Transfer of care

    By Claire Cox, 1 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,652 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 1 January, 2020

15. Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers

    • Transfer of care
    • Medicine - Clinical pharmacology
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Transfer of care
      • Medicine - Clinical pharmacology
      • Communication
      • Prescribing
      • Medication

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 10 November, 2019

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    • 1,910 views
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    • 10 November, 2019

16. Transition from child to adult health services: A qualitative study of the views and experiences of families of young adults with intellectual disabilities

    • Service user
    • Information processing
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Service user
      • Information processing
      • Qualitative
      • Children and Young People

    By Claire Cox, 6 November, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,368 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 6 November, 2019

17. Yorkshire and Humber AHSN: Transfer of care around medicines (August 2018)

    • Transfer of care
    • Medication

    By Claire Cox, 25 September, 2019

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    • 1,415 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 25 September, 2019

18. NHS Improvement: Delayed transfer of care (DTOC) improvement tool (last updated Sept 2019)

    • Transfer of care
    • Dashboard

    By Claire Cox, 13 September, 2019

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    • 1,168 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 September, 2019

19. Communication between primary and secondary care: deficits and danger

    • Transfer of care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 28 August, 2019

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    • 1,267 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 28 August, 2019