discharge planning
Oct 7th 2007, 7:06 pm
#1
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Joined: May 2006
Location: in the Sydney asylum
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discharge planning
what are the services available over there in Oz for discharge planning
we refer to social services on admission so that the discharge goes off without a hitch also district nurses
what services are there for this in Oz and who pays?
we refer to social services on admission so that the discharge goes off without a hitch also district nurses
what services are there for this in Oz and who pays?
Oct 14th 2007, 9:24 am
#2
Sand, sea and serenity
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 189
Re: discharge planning
Hi Asher,
We have discharge planning on our ward from the moment the patient arrives, we use a computer system called JONAH which was chucked out by the UK. Baically all allied services get together to be involved in the patients discharge if necessary via a nurse we call a clinical care coordiator (every ward here has one) she liases with everyone and faxes district nurses ect prior to discharge, social services not evident here as far as I can see, but this is a very different system to uk. Patients are not registered with doctors so can see any doctor they like, district nurses not assigned to any doctor so work from the hospital as in public district nursing or from home as in private district nursing usually in areas and not from health centres like in the UK.
Hope this helps, this is in Sydney, so don't know if same in all Australia.
We have discharge planning on our ward from the moment the patient arrives, we use a computer system called JONAH which was chucked out by the UK. Baically all allied services get together to be involved in the patients discharge if necessary via a nurse we call a clinical care coordiator (every ward here has one) she liases with everyone and faxes district nurses ect prior to discharge, social services not evident here as far as I can see, but this is a very different system to uk. Patients are not registered with doctors so can see any doctor they like, district nurses not assigned to any doctor so work from the hospital as in public district nursing or from home as in private district nursing usually in areas and not from health centres like in the UK.
Hope this helps, this is in Sydney, so don't know if same in all Australia.
Oct 14th 2007, 4:06 pm
#3
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Joined: May 2006
Location: in the Sydney asylum
Posts: 20,690
Re: discharge planning
Hi Asher,
We have discharge planning on our ward from the moment the patient arrives, we use a computer system called JONAH which was chucked out by the UK. Baically all allied services get together to be involved in the patients discharge if necessary via a nurse we call a clinical care coordiator (every ward here has one) she liases with everyone and faxes district nurses ect prior to discharge, social services not evident here as far as I can see, but this is a very different system to uk. Patients are not registered with doctors so can see any doctor they like, district nurses not assigned to any doctor so work from the hospital as in public district nursing or from home as in private district nursing usually in areas and not from health centres like in the UK.
Hope this helps, this is in Sydney, so don't know if same in all Australia.
We have discharge planning on our ward from the moment the patient arrives, we use a computer system called JONAH which was chucked out by the UK. Baically all allied services get together to be involved in the patients discharge if necessary via a nurse we call a clinical care coordiator (every ward here has one) she liases with everyone and faxes district nurses ect prior to discharge, social services not evident here as far as I can see, but this is a very different system to uk. Patients are not registered with doctors so can see any doctor they like, district nurses not assigned to any doctor so work from the hospital as in public district nursing or from home as in private district nursing usually in areas and not from health centres like in the UK.
Hope this helps, this is in Sydney, so don't know if same in all Australia.
I'm going to Sydney
Oct 16th 2007, 7:12 am
#4
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,066
Re: discharge planning
Redcliffe Caboolture QLD, have discharge planners except they are called CHIP nurses and get NO2 money.
