Behind the paper: How to improve medication safety at hospital discharge

We produced a two-page medicines safety checklist for patients and carers, to help bridge the transition between hospital and the next destination. To create the checklist, we needed to answer one crucial question: ’What do patients and carers need to know about their medicines when they leave hospital?’. The points on the checklist are designed to act as a prompt, to ensure individuals are aware of key information to continue to use their medicines safely. They also act as a reminder to the reader to ask questions if they don’t know the answers.