Once you're admitted to hospital, your treatment plan, including details for discharge or transfer, will be developed and discussed with you. A discharge assessment will determine whether you need more care after you leave hospital. You should be fully involved in the assessment process.

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) email mse.pals.suhft@nhs.net.

SEDS is a Discharge To Assess Service that provides a full and complete therapy-led hospital discharge assessment at home for Southend residents rather than an assessment being provided by the hospital before discharge.

Southend University Hospital in Southend, Essex 01702 435555.

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) phone 01245 514130. email mse.public.response@nhs.net.

When you leave a hospital after treatment, you go through a process called hospital discharge. A hospital will discharge you when you no longer need to receive inpatient care and can go home. Or, a hospital will discharge you to send you to another type of facility. Many hospitals have a discharge planner.

Types of discharge Supervised discharge. Deferred discharge. Summary of types of discharge. Full discharge of unrestricted patient. Deferred discharge of unrestricted patient.

Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) phone 01702 385333. email mse.pals.suhft@nhs.net.

The process of discharge planning includes the following: (1) early identification and assessment of patients requiring assistance with planning for discharge; (2) collaborating with the patient, family, and health-care team to facilitate planning for discharge; (3) recommending options for the continuing care of the ...