ACloserLook Overview Residents in the London Borough of Islington are benefiting from the first live information sharing project of its kind aimed at improving joined up working between NHS and social care services. Islington Council and The Whittington Hospital have enabled professionals from across health and social care to share patient discharge information electronically for the benefit of patients. Improvements in the exchange of information about proposed discharge dates and a patient’s particular needs can help to reduce delayed discharges from acute settings into the community. In Islington, the Adapter Project allows the secure exchange of discharge notices between the Whittington’s Medway patient administration system (PAS) from System C, and Islington Council’s Liq

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