Information & advice

This factsheet looks at how your discharge from hospital following NHS treatment should be managed. It looks at the care and support decisions you may be asked to make at this time. This factsheet looks at:

• Identifying the help and support you will need on leaving hospital
• Services that may promote your recovery 
• NHS and social services to support you 
• Deciding whether you can return home or will need alternative accommodation
• Drawing up a care plan
• Paying towards cost of social care services
• Monitoring your needs and adequacy of your care package
• Options if you are unhappy with the care and support you receive

This factsheet will be useful for older patients and/or their families following an emergency admission to hospital or after a planned operation.

Further information

Please download our factsheet in the top right of this page.