Leaving hospital to go to another place of care: patient leaflet
Leaflet given to patients before they are discharged to another place of care.
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The leaflet is shown to patients prior to their discharge from hospital to go to further non-acute bedded care, such as a care home.
The editable PDF allows specific contact details to be added in case patients need to speak to someone after leaving hospital.
Last updated 10 August 2022 + show all updates
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Added translated PDF versions of this leaflet.
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Added translations in Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi Gurmukhi, Spanish, Urdu and an easy read version of the leaflet in English.
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Updated to reflect changes to hospital discharge guidance following the end of the national discharge fund.
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Updated to add a call out to reflect the leaflet is out of date and should not be used; deleted the PDF, PowerPoint, easy read and translated versions of the leaflet.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.
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The language in the translations has been updated in line with the new leaflet.
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Added translations and accessible versions of leaflets.
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First published.