title: Breaking new ground.
abstract: Some hospitals are starting discharge planning on admission, identifying problems and potential obstacles to the patient's discharge. Nationally, many trusts have introduced strategies to address these issues, linking to modernisation projects and the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF).
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Elderly Care Liaison Sister in the trauma and orthopaedic department.|Ipswich NHS Trust.|Derby University.
authors.forename: Sonya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stephenson