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| The transfer of frail older NHS patients to other long stay settings | | Corporate Author | NHS Executive, Department of Health - DoH |
| Publisher | NHS Executive, Department of Health, London, 2 April 1998 |
| Pages | 13 pp (Health service circular, HSC 1998/048) |
| Source | Department of Health, PO Box 410, Wetherby LS23 7LL. |
| Keywords | Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; National Health Service ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Flow [movement through hospitals] ; Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Community care ; Planning [admin]. |
| Annotation | This guidance has been issued to remind Health Authorities and NHS trusts and their staff of their shared responsibility for older NHS patients who are being transferred to other care settings paid for by the NHS, often following the closure of old hospitals or long stay wards. It covers the following: consultation; the project plan; the needs of the individual and their relatives or carers; the process of transfer and the role of the receiving setting; and arrangements for follow-up and monitoring. Action checklists for each of the topics, which may be copied or amended for local use, are included in the annex. It is suggested that this guidance should be read in conjunction with the circular NHS Responsibilities for Meeting Continuing Health Care Needs (HSG (95)8). (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980713401 C |
| Classmark | 6I: VK9: L4: HSCr 1998/048: LD:QKJ: QKG: I: L: 4Q: PA: QA6 * |
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