Home First: Advancing the Therapist’s Role in Discharge
Mon 12 Oct 2026 09:00-15:40
Online Course, 5.5 CPD hours

Practical strategies to support rehabilitation-led discharge and home-first care

Specially designed for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, rehabilitation teams and wider discharge professionals, this interactive online workshop will explore how you can strengthen your role in discharge decision-making while balancing patient autonomy, safety and operational pressures.

Led by Cathy Daffada who will be joined by colleagues from North Bristol NHS Trust, the day will focus on the evolving role of therapists across acute, virtual ward and community pathways, developing practical approaches to rehabilitation-led discharge and home-first care.


Develop your service knowledge

Practical approaches to improving discharge pathways and therapist-led decision-making

This interactive online workshop has been developed to help therapists explore realistic approaches to improving discharge planning, strengthening multidisciplinary working and supporting patients safely at home. Key learning outcomes include:

  • Exploring the therapist’s role in discharge planning from admission onwards
  • Understanding how home-first approaches are reshaping rehabilitation and discharge pathways
  • Examining how therapists can balance patient autonomy, risk and professional responsibility
  • Identifying practical strategies to improve transitions between acute and community services
  • Strengthening confidence in rehabilitation-led decision-making and MDT communication
  • Learning from case studies across frailty, pulmonary rehabilitation and ICU recovery pathways
  • Reflecting on operational pressures, delayed discharge and barriers to home-first care
Live online learning

Interactive discussions and practical case study learning

This educational online workshop will combine presentations, facilitated discussion and case study learning that reflect on current discharge challenges and identify practical improvements you can make within your own organisations. On the day, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Join online with occupational therapists, physiotherapists and rehabilitation professionals from across the UK
  • Take part in interactive discussions exploring operational pressures, autonomy and discharge risk
  • Ask questions and gain practical insight from Cathy Daffada, Associate Director for Integrated Discharge, and expert colleagues
  • Explore real-world examples of rehabilitation-led discharge pathways across acute and community settings
  • Reflect on barriers within your own service and identify realistic changes you can implement immediately
In-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please contact:

Sarah
Sarah Kemm
Production and Partnerships