A week in the life of… a referrals co-ordinator and community practitioner

Helena Burbridge talks through her week as a referrals co-ordinator and community practitioner at Southdown’s Discharge to Assess service in Brighton & Hove. This service is for people who no longer need to be on a hospital ward but cannot go straight home, so they are offered a six-week tailored support package to help transition from being an inpatient to going back to live in their own home