National and professional guidance
Source guidance for board rounds, criteria to reside, discharge planning and transfer of care.
Model discharge pathway
Reference model for discharge pathway assignment and criteria-led discharge planning.
NHS England
Open
Hospital discharge and community support guidance
Statutory and operational expectations for discharge planning and transfer of care.
GOV.UK / NHS England
Open
Discharge Ready Date guidance, examples and frequently asked questions
Use where Discharge Ready Date is applied locally instead of, or alongside, expected discharge date.
NHS England
Open
NICE guideline NG27: Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs
Multidisciplinary discharge planning, named coordinator and early discharge planning expectations.
NICE
Open
NICE quality standard QS136: Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs
Quality statements used to frame local board round and discharge planning standards.
NICE
Open
Local policy references
Add local references and links in Project setup so your team can find them here.
Local board round policy or SOP
Trust Board Round SOP v2.0 (demo)
Local ward round policy
Trust Ward Round Standards v3.1 (demo)
Local criteria-to-reside policy
Trust Criteria to Reside Policy v1.4 (demo)
Local discharge policy
Trust Discharge Policy v5.0 (demo)
Local discharge pathway definitions
Trust Discharge Pathway 0–3 Definitions (demo)
Local escalation pathway
Trust Operational Escalation Policy v2.2 (demo)
Local patient flow policy
Trust Patient Flow Policy v1.9 (demo)
Local EPR / board round documentation guidance
EPR Board Round Documentation Guidance (demo)
Local expected discharge date policy
Trust Expected Discharge Date Policy v1.2 (demo)
Local transfer of care hub referral guidance
Transfer of Care Hub Referral Guidance (demo)
Local pharmacy / TTO policy
Trust TTO and Discharge Medicines Policy (demo)
Local therapy discharge planning policy
Therapy Discharge Planning SOP (demo)
Local documents to attach
Recorded in the project source list without a link yet.
Local board round policy or SOP
Local SOP
Local ward round policy
Local policy
Local criteria-to-reside policy
Local policy
Local discharge policy
Local policy
Local discharge pathway definitions
Local pathway
Local expected discharge date policy
Local policy
Local patient flow policy
Local policy
Local transfer of care hub referral guidance
Local pathway
Local pharmacy / TTO policy
Local policy
Local therapy discharge planning policy
Local policy
Local EPR / board round documentation guidance
Internal governance document
Local escalation policy
Local policy
Local information governance policy
Internal governance document
Tool categories
Website tags — for tool-library navigation.
Primary
Patient Flow
Acute Medicine
General Medicine
Discharge Planning
Clinical Governance
Secondary
Older People's Medicine
Frailty
Ward-Based Care
Assessment Units
Same-Day Emergency Care
Therapies
Pharmacy
Nursing
Multidisciplinary Working
Documentation
Quality Improvement