Transition between hospital and community: NICE resource

In December 2015 NICE published a guideline on transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs. Findings from two local workshop events demonstrate how the guideline can be used to improve practice.

The hosts for these events were Derbyshire County Council and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. Planned and arranged with colleagues from the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care, these events provided an opportunity for local managers and practitioners in health, social care and across the wider system to:

· review current practice against the guideline

· identify, and bring together what is working well in practice for shared learning

· identify priorities for improvement

· agree local actions.

This new NICE resource supports the transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs.

This report aims to:

• summarise issues and actions emerging from discussions at both events;
• set out some practical initiatives, ideas and resources identified by participants as examples of what’s working well or might help things improve.