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How can communication to GPs at hospital discharge be improved? A systems approach

Nicholas Boddy, Stephen Barclay, Tom Bashford and P John Clarkson
BJGP Open 2022; 6 (1): BJGPO.2021.0148. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0148
Nicholas Boddy
1 GP, Radcliffe-on-Trent Health Centre, Nottingham, UK
2 Research Collaborator, University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
3 Visiting Researcher, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
BMBS, BMedSci, MPhil, DCH, MRCGP
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Stephen Barclay
4 GP and Honorary Consultant Physician in Palliative Care, Cambridge, UK
5 Honorary Professor of Palliative and Primary Care, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
6 University Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Palliative Care, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Tom Bashford
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8 Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
9 Clinical Lecturer, University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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P John Clarkson
10 Professor of Engineering Design, Director of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre and Co-Chair of Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
11 Professor of Healthcare Systems, Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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vol. 6 no. 1 BJGPO.2021.0148
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0148
PubMed 
34620598

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  • Received August 7, 2021
  • Accepted August 12, 2021
  • Published online March 22, 2022.

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  1. Nicholas Boddy, BMBS, BMedSci, MPhil, DCH, MRCGP1,2,3,*,
  2. Stephen Barclay, MA, BM, BCh, MSc, FRCGP, FHEA, MD4,5,6,
  3. Tom Bashford, MBBS, MBiochem, MRCP, FRCA, PhD7,8,9 and
  4. P John Clarkson, BA, PhD, ScD FREng10,11
  1. 1 GP, Radcliffe-on-Trent Health Centre, Nottingham, UK
  2. 2 Research Collaborator, University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  3. 3 Visiting Researcher, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  4. 4 GP and Honorary Consultant Physician in Palliative Care, Cambridge, UK
  5. 5 Honorary Professor of Palliative and Primary Care, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
  6. 6 University Senior Lecturer in General Practice and Palliative Care, Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  7. 7 Research Fellow, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, Cambridge, UK
  8. 8 Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  9. 9 Clinical Lecturer, University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  10. 10 Professor of Engineering Design, Director of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre and Co-Chair of Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  11. 11 Professor of Healthcare Systems, Faculty of Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Nicholas Boddy, nicholas.boddy{at}doctors.org.uk
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  • primary–secondary care interface
  • interprofessional communication
  • Communication
  • Patient safety
  • systems approach
  • service improvement
  • patient discharge

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