PRSB: Transfer of care toolkit

Summary

High volumes of patients are transferred every day between health and care settings. Whilst efforts have have been made over several years to improve this process through the implementation of standards and the sharing of digital information, there is more to be done.

Whole system improvements are required and significant further progress can be made to improve the quality and consistency of data shared between organisations. The Professional Standards Record Body (PRSB) has published a number of standards that support the transfer of care of patients between settings. 

This toolkit concentrates on the PRSB eDischarge Summary Standard, which specifies the data to be shared between secondary and primary care to support the discharge of a patient from hospitals across the UK. This toolkit does not propose a one-size-fits-all approach and recognises that health and care services are organised in different ways across the UK.