The discharge process for palliative care patients

Chipps, Jackie RGN, ONC
Grey, Alison RGN, BSc(Hons), ONC
Hilton, Gill RGN
Linford, Jo RGN
Pearce, Sarah RGN, ONC
Thomas, Tracy RGN, Dip Pall Care

Date of acceptance: November 22 1996.
Jackie Chipps RGN, ONC, is Specialist Community Sister; Alison Grey RGN, BSc(Hons), ONC, is Senior Specialist Community Sister; Gill Hilton RGN, is Specialist Community Sister; Jo Linford RGN, is Specialist Community Sister; Sarah Pearce RGN, ONC, is Specialist Community Sister; and Tracy Thomas RGN, Dip Pall Care, is Specialist Community Sister, St Catherine's Hospice, Crawley, West Sussex.
This article has been subject to double-blind review.

Nursing Standard 11(42):p 41-44, July 9, 1997.

This article describes the response of staff at a specialist palliative care service to the need for effective discharge planning.Hospice and community nurses were invited to give their views on the discharge of palliative care patients. The authors discuss the strategy for change and how it was implemented and evaluated.