Patient care - daily dynamic discharge approach: guidance

References

Below are the links to documents, guidance and papers which have been mentioned. Where links are unavailable, guidance may not yet be published. Get in touch with the team for more information.

1. 6 Essential Actions to Improving Unscheduled Care

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/quality-and-efficiency/unscheduled-care.aspx

2. Day of Care Audit

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/media/950950/dayofcare_ed.pdf

3. Royal College of Physicians - Acute medical care: the right person, in the right setting - first time paper

http://shop.rcplondon.ac.uk/products/acute-medical-care-the-right-person-in-the-right-setting-first-time?variant=6297968773

4. NHS Institute Discharge Planning Toolkit http://www.institute.nhs.uk/quality_and_service_improvement_tools/quality_and_service_improvement_tools/discharge_planning.html

5. ED Capacity Management Guidance - Eliminating Crowding

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/quality-and-efficiency/unscheduled-care.aspx

6 and 7. Nursing Times Article

http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/facilitating-an-effective-discharge-from-hospital/200070.article

8. Ward Rounds Best Practice Principles https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/ward-rounds-medicine-principles-best-practice

9. Why patients get delayed algorithm http://www.qficonsulting.com/_literature_100617/Why_patients_get_delayed

10. Criteria Led Discharge guidance

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/quality-and-efficiency/whole-system-patient-flow/criteria-led-discharge.aspx

11. Basic Building Blocks Guidance

http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/quality-and-efficiency/unscheduled-care/6-essential-actions/capacity-and-patient-flow-realignment.aspx

12. Huddle National Guidance http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk/media/864807/huddles%20guidance%20document_ed.pdf