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Discharge summary template
The summary the GP needs on the day the patient goes home, with every medication change in one place.
Download the PDFFree, no sign-up. Fill it in on screen or print it.
What it asks for
What is on the formThe secretary completes
- Practice letterhead, date and reference
- Patient: name, date of birth, MRN and address
- Admitted, discharged, consultant and ward
- Reason for admission
- Diagnosis
- Clinical course and treatment
- Medication changes and discharge medicines
- Allergies and adverse reactions
- Follow-up: owner, actions and advice
- Sign-off: name, qualifications and Irish Medical Council number
Using it well
- List stopped and changed medicines as well as new ones.
- Name the owner of each follow-up action, so nothing falls between the hospital and the GP.
Open it in the sample practice
The sample practice is the real Ask Brigid on invented patients, open without a sign-up. This document joins its Library with the next sample-practice update; the Library already holds the practice’s templates.
Sources
- The shipped template's field list (Brigid stationery v12), read 24 October 2026
Checked against the sources above on 23 September 2026. Issuers change their forms; check the official page before you rely on a detail here.
In Ask Brigid this paperwork sits beside the diary and the record: Practice management for private consultants.