title: Discharge planning. Lost for words.
abstract: Discharge summaries are often late and lackingin clarity, say GPs. Since April 2008, the national standard for issuing a discharge summary has been 72 hours, according to the standard NHS contract. Work is under way to set standards for summary clinical content and use in electronic record systems.
authors.forename: Daloni
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carlisle
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D010821:Physicians, Family; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom