Explore ways to strengthen your organisation’s contribution to hospital discharge and work effectively with healthcare partners when challenges arise.
Hospital discharge - Working together for safe, person-centred transitions
- Wednesday 25 November | 11:00 - 12:00 | MS Teams
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This webinar is free to attend and will be hosted on MS Teams.
Overview
Hospital discharge is one of the most important points in a person's care journey.
Effective partnership working between health and social care can help people return home safely, reduce avoidable delays and ensure that care and support arrangements reflect individual needs, preferences, and goals.
For adult social care providers, working effectively with hospitals, discharge teams and other healthcare partners can make a real difference. But in practice, communication can be inconsistent, responsibilities may be unclear, and providers may find it difficult to engage with the right people at the right time.
This webinar will explore practical ways to navigate these challenges, recognising that some barriers have no simple solution. Drawing on practical experience, we’ll look at what providers can realistically influence, how to respond when partnership working is difficult, and when wider system action may be needed.
Join Skills for Care and The Outstanding Society and explore how adult social care providers can strengthen their contribution to hospital discharge and work more effectively with healthcare partners to support safe, timely and person-centred transitions.
During this webinar, we'll explore:
- The role of adult social care in hospital discharge pathways and planning.
- How to build constructive working relationships with hospitals, discharge teams and healthcare partners.
- How providers can contribute to discharge planning that is safe, realistic and centred on the individual’s needs, preferences and goals.
- Practical approaches to improving communication and information sharing across organisations.
- How to support people and families to prepare for and manage the transition from hospital.
- What providers can do when communication or partnership arrangements are not working effectively.
- Common barriers to safe and timely discharge, including challenges that require wider system action.
- Examples of effective collaborative working and realistic actions registered managers can take within their own organisations.
By the end of the webinar, you'll be able to:
- Explain the role of adult social care in supporting safe, timely and person-centred hospital discharge.
- Identify practical approaches to improve communication and collaboration with healthcare partners.
- Recognise what your service can realistically influence when discharge processes or partnership arrangements are challenging.
- Apply practical approaches to strengthen your service's contribution to discharge planning and transitions.
Who should attend?
Registered managers, deputy managers, operational leaders, and others involved in coordinating care and support, particularly those working closely with hospitals, community health teams, and discharge services.
Booking information
- Delivery: Online webinar
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Cost: Free
The webinar will be recorded and a link will be sent out to everyone who registered to attend after the event.
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