Do you know about Discharge to Assess?

April 20, 2022

Discharge to Assess is a new model of care for all adult inpatients, and as part of that the language we use to describe discharge plans has been simplified and is nationally recognised.

Unity has been updated to reflect the changes to discharge pathways used as part of the Discharge to Assess (D2A) process.

The change means that inpatient teams need to:

• Be clear on the meaning of each pathway
• Select the appropriate pathways (0, 1, 2, 3 or 4) when setting TDDs for all inpatients (there is a short definition on each drop down to help)
• Use a ‘home first’ approach – being clear that home should be the default destination for a person, before pathways 2 or 3 are selected
• Continue to flag people as ‘Clinically Fit for Discharge’ at the appropriate time

Please see the D2A Unity change poster for further details including screenshots of the change in question.

This is a significant step forwards in using our systems to help us proactively manage and arrange discharge plans for people in our care.

For any queries, please contact the Integrated Discharge Hub on extension 3147 or via integrated.discharge-hub@nhs.net (open 8am – 8pm, 7 days per week).