A standard GP letter for patients discharged after assessment from the department is in a duplicate book. One copy is sent to the General Practitioner and the other is filed with the clinical chart for departmental record.
Discharge letters dictated on T-Pro are automatically added to the patients electronic recorm (iCM).
The following patients discharged from the Emergency Department should have General Practitioner letters forwarded to their current GPs:
- All patients discharged that are referred for assessment by a GP
- All prisoners that attend the ED escorted by prison officers must have a letter forwarded to the Medical officer for that prison
- All Patients under the age of eighteen years and over the age of 65 years must have a GP letter posted/emailed to their GP
- If a competent patient does not wish to inform their GP of their attendance no letter should be sent. However, the reason for this should be explored