Our Discharge Team -  and all the care and working with healthcare partners - has again been highly rated in the Inpatient Survey.

The team's efforts are again in the "better than most other Trusts" category. Patients were asked : After leaving hospital, did you get enough support from health or social care professionals to help you recover and manage your condition?  We scored a 7.3 and this puts us in the best-performing Trusts.

It's a tremendous result for the team which relies on close working with colleagues in our hospitals, our communities and local authorities. Getting it right for our patients after they leave us - as well as during theri inpatient stay -  is such an important part of their care.

Discharge Matron Rachel Rae, said: "Our integration and co-location with Social Care and fantastic relationships with our partners, has made the biggest difference to our complex and elderly patients when it comes to discharge.  The trusted assessor role for the Discharge Team staff has ensured delays are much reduced; trust in general terms enables us to do the best for our patients without duplication."

And in support here is some feedback received from our patients:

‘Thank you for being there over the past few heart-breaking weeks. Our Dad managed to be in the place he wanted to be for his last few days, the attention to detail and follow up was exceptional’

‘We were at breaking point the care, patients and knowledge of community services of our Discharge Co-ordinator got us to where we needed to be’ -  from a Patient’s daughter