The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7446 p391
7 April 2007

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Discharge planning criticised

Some 70 per cent of GP practices say that they receive hospital discharge summaries late “fairly often” or “very often”, according to an NHS Alliance survey of over 650 general practices.

Nearly 40 per cent say that this has compromised patient safety.