Transfer of care: supporting patients moving into and out of hospital
Course description:
We rely on a small team and user feedback to keep Pharmacy Courses running. Notice something looks odd? Let us know!The aim of this programme is to enable pharmacy teams from all sectors to facilitate safe and effective transfer of care for patients when they move care setting.
The programme aims to provide you with the tools and resources available to help you get the right processes in place to support patients effectively, particularly after discharge back into the community.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- describe three reasons why transfer of care needs to improve and how pharmacy as a profession can help
- outline the roles of pharmacy professionals in different settings with respect to transfer of care
- describe what the pathway should look like for good transfer of care
- identify processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) required to implement a good transfer-of-care pathway
- identify people, processes and services to support transfer of care in your locality
- interpret hospital discharge summaries and use the information to optimise patients' benefit from medicines and minimise risk when they transfer back into the community
- identify tools and resources to help you support transfer of care and patient outcomes
- signpost patients to support services offered by pharmacies after discharge from hospital.
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Pharmacy Training is a trading name of Habeda Ltd, 205 Lavender Hill, London, England, SW11 5TB.
A company registered in England & Wales with the registration number 13907256.
A company registered in England & Wales with the registration number 13907256.