Hospital discharge: How home improvement services can help people come home from hospital safely

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Hospital discharge: How home improvement services can help people come home from hospital safely

This briefing outlines some of the challenges and proposes potential solutions to help achieve timely hospital discharge through health and care teams working closely with home improvement services.