"timing of discussion" is correct and usable in written English.
Example: During the last meeting, we failed to discuss the timing of discussion of the topics we had planned to cover.
The revelation that he had misled the Commons Transport Select Committee over the timing of discussions about Railtrack's future was another stain on his already tarnished reputation.
Giuliani spent Monday trying to clarify comments he made to NBC and the New York Times Sunday about the timing of discussions between Trump and Moscow.
Patient preference regarding timing of discussions about FPP varied.
What are individuals' preferences to timing of discussions?
What are healthcare professionals' attitudes to timing of discussions?
Finally, it must be noted that the relationship between the timing of discussions about family history of CRC with a doctor and provision of screening advice with symptom onset was not clearly delineated in the survey.
Although patients who were approached to discuss dialysis withdrawal were less likely to die in the hospital and more likely to use hospice, there was not a consistent approach as to selection of patients or timing of discussions.
One family reflected on how "If she came round at a better time, then I think we would have approved it" (P1, mother, emergency group, recovered), indicating the importance of ensuring that the timing of discussions about research did not interfere with a parent's need at the height of the critical situation for their child to be their only focus.
Our interviews with breast cancer patients also indicated that the nature and potential side effects of a study were important determinants of participation [ 26], as was the timing of discussions; sometimes women who declined to participate in a trial later joined another that they considered more acceptable or which was enrolling at a time when they felt better able to cope.
The timing of the discussion was very apt as it coincided with my poring over the first of a series of social return on investment (SROI) evaluations of my own organisation and trying to make sure in my own mind that I had grasped what SROI actually meant.
The timing of the discussion is prescient.
