The RCP Health Informatics Unit has developed a learning resource to support the development of effective discharge summaries.

The National Mortality Case Record Review (NMCRR) toolkit has been developed to support trusts in implementing a standardised way of reviewing the case records of adults who have died in acute hospitals across England and Scotland.

This briefing, produced before the Westminster Hall debate on 28 April 2016, explains why the RCP believes that digital patient records will benefit the NHS.

The RCP prepared this briefing prior to the second reading in the House of Commons of the Access to Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill.

An acute care toolkit designed to help physicians draw together the necessary data for understanding and measuring quality of care.

Example templates for admission, referral, handover and discharge records have been developed to capture the information defined in the record standards.