Stephanie Moyce

1. 1. lack of discharge plan responsibility

   “Evidence confirmed a conspicuous lack of clarity as to who, amongst EPUT clinicians/staff, is responsible for ensuring that a clear and comprehensive discharge plan is formulated for those coming to the end of a course of psychotherapy where a Care Coordinator is no longer in place/has not been replaced”

2. 2. lack of post-discharge oversight

   “Evidence confirmed a conspicuous lack of clarity as to who, amongst EPUT clinicians/staff has the responsibility for oversight of patient care following discharge, including responsibility for ensuring adequate and appropriate safety- netting is in place in the event of relapse, where a Care Coordinator is no longer in place/has not been replaced”

3. 3. missed multidisciplinary team discussion

   “patients under psychotherapy are not presently routinely discussed in the locality multi-disciplinary team meetings prior to their 2 discharge leading to a missed opportunity: (a) to share information about the specific progress, vulnerabilities and risks of relapse of the patient (and measures to mitigate or deal with the same); as well as (b) to organise and follow up the overall discharge planning”

4. 4. carer not treated as equal partner in after-care plans

   “The evidence in this case indicated that, contrary to EPUT's own established Protocol, a patient's carer (in this case her long-term partner where no confidentiality issues were identified) are not in practice always”

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