and 'Copying letters to patients: good practice guidelines' (2003) by the Department of Health, as well as other initiatives and guidelines since then, encourage sending patients their discharge ...

Lees L (2010) Exploring the principles of best practice discharge to ensure patient involvement ... for the checklist to be merged with the discharge letter and for carbon copies to be given to ...

5. Liaise with the community stoma nurse, district nurse/s and GP before the patient is discharged, and provide discharge letters/ information. Rationale: To ensure the patient has full support in the ...