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Early discharge summaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Shona A. Walker ,
Gisela A. E. Boehlhoff  and
John M. Eagles
Shona A. Walker*
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
Gisela A. E. Boehlhoff
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
John M. Eagles
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen AB9 2ZH
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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An earlier survey of general practitioners in Grampian established their priorities for information they wished to learn from early discharge summaries on psychiatric patients. This survey resulted in changes to the format of the early discharge summary. An audit of information provided before and after these changes found significant improvement in 7 out of 10 items regarded by general practitioners as being of greatest importance.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 148 - 149
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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