title: Improving team meetings to support discharge planning.
abstract: Following the establishment of a discharge working group, several concerns were raised about the management of multidisciplinary team (MDT) discharge meetings throughout the trust. A project was established to observe MDT meetings, identify good practice and produce practice guidance to improve standards and achieve consistency throughout the organisation.
authors.affiliation: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London.
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarling
authors.forename: Hassam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jauffur
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking; D003142:Communication; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004282:Documentation; D017144:Focus Groups; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D007902:Length of Stay; D008131:London; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D024382:Professional Role / Q000523:psychology; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*