Effective transition of young people with long-term conditions into adult services
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Effective transition of young people with long-term conditions into adult services

Sue Morgan Nurse Consultant and Adviser to the Burdett Transition National Nursing Network, hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, England
Faith Gibson Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care, School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, England and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, England
Susie Aldiss Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, England
Louise Porter National Lead Nurse for transition and project lead for the Burdett National Transition Network, hosted by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, England

Why you should read this article:
  • To understand the challenges and benefits of effective transition from child to adult services for young people and their families

  • To learn about one trust’s experience of implementing a transition pathway using a quality improvement model

  • To contribute towards revalidation as part of your 35 hours of CPD (UK readers)

  • To contribute towards your professional development and local registration renewal requirements (non-UK readers)

Healthcare transition involves the purposeful and planned process of preparing, empowering and supporting young people with long-term conditions and their families when they are moving from child to adult services. Transition is a series of events that provides the young person with the knowledge and skills they require to be able to function in adult services. Until recently little has been done to address the perceived barriers and challenges involved in transition. In this article, the authors discuss the challenges associated with effective transition and describe their experience of implementing a healthcare transition pathway using a quality improvement model.

Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1439

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This article has been subject to open peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

Correspondence

suemorgan@nhs.net

Conflict of interest

This work has been funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing in partnership with the named organisations

Morgan S, Gibson F, Aldiss S et al (2022) Effective transition of young people with long-term conditions into adult services. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1439

Published online: 22 August 2022

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