Plan a Care Transition

You can use these questions directly, including when interactive tools are unavailable.

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• Confirm the current providers, their roles and the date any existing arrangement ends.
• Ask whether the receiving provider has accepted responsibility; a sent referral is not confirmation.
• Agree relevant information sharing through provider procedures and identify who will follow up outstanding actions.
• Confirm the next appointment, funding, actual contact hours and appropriate local urgent pathways.

Relocation or living between countries

• List the locations relevant to upcoming care without sharing an unnecessary travel history.
• Ask each clinician what they can provide in the actual destination, including online appointments.
• Confirm local access, accepted referrals and responsibilities during the interval.
• Ask qualified professionals about any treatment-specific travel requirements.

University or study abroad

• Ask the student what support and family involvement they want.
• Confirm university, community and existing clinical services separately.
• Check arrangements across term time, holidays and changes of address.
• Discuss any transition between child and adult services with the responsible professionals.

Tour or production

• Check locations, time zones, private appointment space and schedule changes.
• Agree the manager or production team’s limited logistical role.
• Separate project funding from any expected reporting about care.
• Confirm what continues after the project and who arranges the next handover.

Changing therapist or psychiatrist

• Define the reason for changing and what the new relationship needs to provide.
• Confirm the new provider’s scope, acceptance and initial appointment.
• Ask the responsible clinicians about continuity of any current treatment or prescribing.
• Update administrative contacts and permissions after the handover is agreed.

Returning home after treatment

• Ask the treating team to explain the discharge and follow-up arrangements.
• Confirm that community providers have accepted the proposed roles and appointments.
• Agree practical support at home with the person and the people providing it.
• Keep clinical instructions in the professional team’s authoritative form and arrange an appropriate review.