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Leaving hospital to go home: patient leaflet

Leaflet given to patients before they're discharged to their usual place of residence.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 21 August 2020
• Last updated: 10 August 2022
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  1. 10 August 2022

     Added updated translations and the easy read version.

  2. 6 May 2022

     Updated to reflect changes to hospital discharge guidance following the end of the national discharge fund.

  3. 31 March 2022

     Updated to add a call out to reflect the leaflet is out of date and should not be used; deleted the PDF, PowerPoint, easy read and translated versions of the leaflet. An updated leaflet will be published soon.

  4. 25 August 2020

     Added translations and accessible version of leaflet.

  5. 21 August 2020

     First published.

Documents

You are leaving hospital: returning home

HTML

You are leaving hospital: returning home (editable PDF)

PDF, 70.3 KB, 1 page

Leaving hospital to go home (easy read)

PDF, 636 KB, 8 pages

Details

The leaflet is shown to patients before they’re discharged from hospital to go home.

The editable PDF allows specific contact details to be added in case patients need to speak to someone after leaving hospital.