{"id":9985,"date":"2026-09-10T12:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T11:48:05","slug":"discharge-lounge-dcl-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2026\/09\/10\/discharge-lounge-dcl-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Discharge Lounge (DCL) (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Type of publication:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service improvement case study<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Shelbey Fenton-Cook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Citation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SMART Aim:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To increase the utilisation of the discharge lounge by March 31st 2026. To achieve timelier transfers to the DCL, focusing primarily on the pre 08:45 transfers by March 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Discharge-Lounge-capacity-and-Flow.-Shelby-Fenton-Cook-.pdf\">Link to PDF poster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Type of publication: Service improvement case study Author(s): *Shelbey Fenton-Cook Citation: SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2026 SMART Aim: To increase the utilisation of the discharge lounge by March 31st 2026. To achieve timelier transfers to the DCL, focusing primarily on<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2026\/09\/10\/discharge-lounge-dcl-2026\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Discharge Lounge (DCL) (2026)<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[1085,725,1025],"class_list":["post-9985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-publication","tag-1085","tag-patient-flow","tag-service-improvement-case-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9986,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985\/revisions\/9986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}