Transition
Providing developmentally appropriate healthcare in a health system where services are bounded by age, geography and disease or organ speciality can proving a real challenge. We have collated a series of resources for healthcare professionals.
RCPCH Transition Resources
Guidance and resources from the RCPCH for delivering an effective transition from children's to adults' health services.
Developmentally Appropriate Healthcare
Getting health services right for 16–25 year-olds
Rigby E, Hagell A, Davis M, et al Getting health services right for 16–25 year-olds Archives of Disease in Childhood Published Online First: 19 June 2020. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318648
RCP: Acute care toolkit for Adolescents and Young Adults
Royal college of Physicians acute care tool kit https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/guidelines-policy/acute-care-toolkit-13-acute care-adolescents-and-young-adults
Adolescent Health Programme: Transition
E-learning on transition from the Adolescent Health Programme
EuTeach: Transition resources for educators
Teaching materials and curriculum for transition and adolescent healthcare from the EuTeach team. Read more.....
Got Transition
Got Transition® is the federally funded national resource center on health care transition (HCT). Its aim is to improve the transition from pediatric to adult health care through the use of evidence-driven strategies for clinicians and other health care professionals; public health programs; payers and plans; youth and young adults; and parents and caregivers. Read more.....
Epilepsy12 Clinic Chat Check List Project
Developed by the RCPCH Epilepsy12 Youth advocates. A useful template to assess services irrespective of condition!