Poor communication between healthcare teams

Modern medicine sometimes involves a number of parties individually contributing to a single patient’s care in the community. There is likely to be overlap in their activities and the differing groups of various healthcare professionals (HCPs) who are each providing patient input can add up to a significant quantity of people and resources. The contributors could include a combination of primary and secondary care doctors, intermediate care, specialist and district nurses, social workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, palliative care teams to name just a few. To maximise input and to reduce overlap and improve efficiency, it is critical that all