How to use these samples
Read the case notes and task first, give yourself five minutes to plan, and write your own letter in 40 minutes before you look at the model. Then compare: did you include the same key information, leave out the same irrelevant notes, and make the purpose clear in the opening? A model letter shows one strong answer — not the only correct one.
Nursing
Discharge Letter
Nursing Discharge Letter: COPD Exacerbation
A ward nurse discharges a patient after a COPD flare-up to the community nurse, with inhaler technique, home oxygen and red flags to monitor.
Transfer Letter
Nursing Transfer Letter: Hip Fracture to Rehabilitation
An orthopaedic nurse transfers an older patient after hip fracture surgery to a rehabilitation unit, covering mobility, wound, pain, anticoagulation and confusion.
Medicine
Referral Letter
Medicine Referral Letter: Chronic Kidney Disease to Nephrology
A GP refers a patient with declining kidney function, diabetes and hypertension to a nephrologist for assessment.
Referral Letter
Medicine Referral Letter: Suspected TIA (Urgent)
An urgent GP referral to a rapid-access TIA clinic for a patient with a resolved episode of arm weakness and speech disturbance.
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
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