The dashboard will give you a ward overview of the discharge status of the patients on your ward.
 

1. Patient – patients name and MRN
2. Location – Ward number and bedspace
3. Visit – Admission date and length of stay
4. Isolation – Isolation status
5. Actions – This can be used as a free text box to update outstanding MDT discharge actions. E.g., ‘Equipment being delivered 25th September’, ‘Stair assessment needed’, ‘District nurse referral required’. Information entered here will not pull into the patients record, clinical notes should be recorded as usual.
6. Pathway – Discharge pathway
7. Expected Date of Discharge – Current expected date that the patient will be able to leave hospital. Use this field to update the board round form.
8. Ready for Discharge – Date the person no longer meets the criteria to reside.
9. Resus – Resuscitation status.
10. Discharge medications – Progress of discharge medications within pharmacy.
11. Notes
12. Documentation – Indicates if a board round form or discharge hub referral form has been completed.

• The Discharge Tab allows you to set up a list that summarises the discharge plans for a group of patients.
• It is the place in eRecord to see and update information about a patient’s discharge.
• The list of patients can be sorted by the expected date of discharge to see who is almost ready to be discharged on a ward.
• You can complete the new Discharge Hub Referral form from this page.
 

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Updated: 22 May 2026