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Leaving hospital to go home: patient leaflet

Leaflet given to patients before they're discharged to their usual place of residence.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 21 August 2020
• Last updated: 10 August 2022 — See all updates

Documents

You are leaving hospital: returning home

HTML

You are leaving hospital: returning home (editable PDF)

PDF, 70.3 KB, 1 page

Leaving hospital to go home (easy read)

PDF, 636 KB, 8 pages

Details

The leaflet is shown to patients before they’re discharged from hospital to go home.

The editable PDF allows specific contact details to be added in case patients need to speak to someone after leaving hospital.

Published 21 August 2020
Last updated 10 August 2022 + show all updates

1. 10 August 2022

   Added updated translations and the easy read version.

2. 6 May 2022

   Updated to reflect changes to hospital discharge guidance following the end of the national discharge fund.

3. 31 March 2022

   Updated to add a call out to reflect the leaflet is out of date and should not be used; deleted the PDF, PowerPoint, easy read and translated versions of the leaflet. An updated leaflet will be published soon.

4. 25 August 2020

   Added translations and accessible version of leaflet.

5. 21 August 2020

   First published.