Clarify the plan.
Record why discharge is happening, what has improved, what remains unresolved and what needs watching at home.
What this helps you do
Reduce avoidable confusion before someone leaves care.
Discharge can feel like a finish line, but it is often the start of the most fragile period. This bundle helps you clarify the plan before everyone has left the ward and the details become harder to reconstruct.
Understand medicines.
Capture medication changes, stopped medicines, new prescriptions, side effects, monitoring and who to contact with concerns.
Ask before leaving.
Prepare practical questions about follow-up, results, equipment, support, restrictions, warning signs and next steps.
Support family involvement.
Help relatives or carers stay clear about what needs doing, who is responsible and what should be checked after discharge.
Record the first 72 hours.
Track symptoms, function, medication effects, confusion, deterioration, pain, breathlessness, eating, drinking and mobility.
Prepare for escalation.
Know what to do if things worsen, who to contact, what to say and what information to have ready.
What is included
The complete Discharge From Hospital preparation set.
Use the whole bundle when discharge involves medicines, follow-up, frailty, family support, uncertainty, deterioration risk or practical home arrangements.
Core Patient Record
A reusable foundation record for identity, contacts, professionals, medical background, medicines, allergies, baseline, preferences, documents and updates.
View Core Patient RecordDischarge From Hospital Quick Tool
A focused tool for the key discharge conversation: what has changed, what to ask, what to record and what must not be missed.
View toolDischarge From Hospital Clarity Pack
A deeper workbook for discharge planning, medicines, red flags, follow-up, family roles, first days home and escalation if needed.
View packPreview contents
Built around the questions that often matter before leaving hospital.
The aim is not to create a perfect file. The aim is to make the discharge plan easier to understand, check and use once the person is home.
Why are we going home?
What has improved, what has not changed, what remains uncertain and what still needs monitoring.
What has changed?
New medicines, stopped medicines, dose changes, side effects, monitoring, supply and who reviews them.
Who is responsible now?
GP, consultant, community teams, referrals, tests, results, appointments and who to contact if the plan does not happen.
What means we should act?
Warning signs, deterioration, confusion, falls, breathlessness, pain, fever, medication concerns and urgent routes for help.
Before you use this bundle
Use it to clarify the discharge, not to delay care.
This bundle is for preparing questions, records and home arrangements. It is not for refusing discharge without clinical discussion or delaying urgent help when someone is unsafe.
Start with the discharge reason. Why is the person being sent home now? What has improved? What needs watching?
Keep notes brief and factual. Record medicines, follow-up, contacts, red flags and practical arrangements. Avoid trying to diagnose or argue a conclusion.
Ask before the conversation ends. Clarify who is responsible, what happens next, what to do if symptoms worsen and when follow-up should happen.
Involve family or carers early if needed. If someone is frail, confused, overwhelmed, very unwell or unable to manage alone, the record can help another person explain what support is needed.
Do not wait if urgent. If symptoms are severe, sudden, worsening, unsafe or frightening, seek urgent or emergency medical help rather than using this resource first.
How to use it
A simple sequence before and after discharge.
Use what is relevant. Leave anything that does not apply. Keep the result clear enough to use when you are tired, worried or trying to explain the situation to someone else.
Buy once / reuse repeatedly
Use the bundle across discharge, recovery and follow-up conversations.
The record and preparation sheets are designed to be saved, updated, printed and reused as circumstances change.
Best for: people preparing for discharge from hospital where medicines, support, follow-up, family involvement or deterioration risk may matter.
Includes: Core Patient Record, Discharge From Hospital Quick Tool and Discharge From Hospital Clarity Pack.
Format: reusable digital resources for saving, updating, printing or keeping accessible on your own device.
Local saving note: save your own working copy before adding personal information, and keep it somewhere secure.
Scope
Preparation, not replacement.
This bundle helps you organise information, questions and notes. It does not replace clinical assessment, discharge planning, hospital advice or urgent care.
Make discharge information clearer.
Use it to organise what staff have said, what needs confirming, what has changed and what should be recorded.
Tell you whether discharge is safe.
It does not diagnose, treat, prescribe, interpret results, assess risk or tell you what medical decision to make.
Do not wait.
If someone is seriously unwell, deteriorating, unsafe or in immediate danger, seek urgent or emergency medical help.
Make the discharge plan clearer before everyone is expected to manage at home.
The Discharge From Hospital Bundle is the complete WardWise preparation route for leaving hospital, first days home and follow-up conversations.