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Integrated hospital discharge in Torbay — results from a pilot project
Author(s)	Lesley Wade
Journal title	Journal of Integrated Care, vol 18, issue 3, June 2010
Pages	pp 37-44
Source	http://www.pierprofessional.com doi:10.5042/jic.2010.0248
Keywords	Discharge [hospitals] ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Pilot ; Torbay.
Annotation	Torbay Care Trust is one of 16 Department of Health (DH) pilot sites for integrated care. This article reports on the experiences and evaluation of piloting health and social care discharge co-ordinators in acute and community hospital settings. Benefits were felt with regard to length of stay, bed day use, and patient and staff experience, and were particularly notable where a discharge co-ordinator employed by the community trust was put into the acute hospital setting. The pilots have supported a redesign of hospital discharge processes across Torbay Care Trust and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, and provided the foundation for improved partnership working and integrated service provision. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-100625009 A
Classmark	LD:QKJ: QAJ: QK6: 4UC: 8DEH
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