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NHS England has been forced into issuing a patient safety alert informing GPs of around 10,000 incidents it has identified of poor communication from NHS Trusts when discharging patients to primary care, some of which put patients in danger of serious harm or even death.
The alert says that all NHS organisations should identify any work they have done to improve communication and appoint a lead to develop and share the protocols, which will be used as part of a national project to develop good practice guidance.
It follows an NHS England report last week that identified 10,000 patient safety incidents related to patient discharge, and poor communication at handover was identified as a major risk in 33% of those incidents.
GP leaders have said that the have had concerns about the quality of discharge summaries for 20 years, but the move by NHS England demonstrates the severity of the situation.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commiss...ears-about-discharge-reports/20007809.article
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The alert says that all NHS organisations should identify any work they have done to improve communication and appoint a lead to develop and share the protocols, which will be used as part of a national project to develop good practice guidance.
It follows an NHS England report last week that identified 10,000 patient safety incidents related to patient discharge, and poor communication at handover was identified as a major risk in 33% of those incidents.
GP leaders have said that the have had concerns about the quality of discharge summaries for 20 years, but the move by NHS England demonstrates the severity of the situation.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commiss...ears-about-discharge-reports/20007809.article
(free registration)