title: Smooth transitions.
abstract: Patient discharge from hospital is often delayed by poor planning, a lack of integration between health and social care and a shortage of services. In this article, experts explain flaws in current systems and nurses reveal practical solutions they have introduced to prevent costly and distressing delays.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom