title: High impact actions: discharge planning.
abstract: This article, the first in a series on the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's eight high impact actions, presents three case studies of how senior nurses in acute and community settings have developed hospital discharge arrangements to improve patient flow and ensure more effective use of bed capacity.
authors.affiliation: Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wagstaff
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalanovic
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shepley
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000592:standards; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom