Initiative 2

Ensure multi-disciplinary engagement in early discharge plan

Guidance

Rapid improvement guides

• Earlier daily discharge times
• Multi-agency Discharge Event (MaDE)
• Community Multi-Agency Discharge Event (MaDE) to support system flow
• Criteria-led discharge

External resources

NHS England is not responsible for the content of external platforms.

• Discharge to assess guide (nhs.uk)
• Managing transfers of care – a high impact change model: changes 1-9 (LGA)

FutureNHS collaboration platform (registration required)

• Practical advice to improve earlier discharge (ECIST Network)
• Better Care Exchange (Better Care Fund) (Better Care Fund)

Case studies

FutureNHS collaboration platform (registration required)

• University Hospitals Dorset – Criteria to Reside: Good practice
• South Warwickshire NHS FT – Implementation of the long stay patient review process
• Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS FT – Implementation of the weekly long length of stay patient reviews
• Kettering General Hospital NHS FT – Reducing long length of stay
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT – Reducing long stays