How to discharge an Antenatal Inpatient to Community

DO NOR USE THE TRANSFER OF CARE FORM/ NOTE FOR ANTENATAL DISCHARGES

  1. Search for ‘Medical Discharge’ in the ‘Enter new note’ feature.
  1. In form, complete summary details of inpatient stay, then authorise and sign form.
  2. Click on ‘Clinical Reports’ in the ‘reports’ section.
  3. Select ‘Medical Discharge Letter’ under the ‘Admission and Discharge’ heading.
  4. Click on Confirm and Save in the top right corner of the form to send this report to the admin in box (email will already be pre-populated nuth.postnataldischarges@nhs.net)
  5. This drops into mailbox monitored by the admin team who will then email this out to the community midwives along with the postnatal discharges

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Updated: 2 May 2024