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GPs' views on discharge summaries

Lewisham and Guy's Mental Health NHS Trust, 59 Cordwell Road, London SE13 5QY

^* Correspondence: 193 Ancona Road, Plumstead, London SE18 1AA

Aims and method After gaining the impression that our discharge summaries were too long for local general practitioners (GPs), we proposed to produce an abbreviated summary. We sent a questionnaire to a sample of GPs asking which aspects of the current summary were helpful.

Results Although many GPs considered the summary overly long, a majority considered all the items to be at least ‘very helpful’.

Clinical implications Although previous work on discharge summaries has indicated a demand for brief, focused reports it is important to establish local GP priorities before planning changes.

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