Transition of care from paediatric to adult services: one part of improved health services for adolescents
Title
Transition of care from paediatric to adult services: one part of improved health services for adolescents
Creator
Viner RM
Identifier
Publisher
Archives Of Disease In Childhood
Date
2008
Subject
Humans; Great Britain; Quality of Health Care; adolescent; Adolescent Transitions; Continuity of Patient Care/standards; Adolescent Health Services/standards; Delivery of Health Care/standards; State Medicine/standards
Description
Ensuring a safe and effective transition of young people with chronic illness and disability from paediatric care to adult health services is a key quality issue for the NHS. To achieve this, three elements must be pursued with vigour. Firstly, a cultural shift in NHS staff attitudes and training is required. Secondly, systems must change to ensure that all paediatric chronic illness and disability services have effective transition programmes in place. Thirdly, young patients need to be trained and empowered to allow them to be an effective partner in their own transition. Improvement of this transition is merely one part of a wider need to improve health care for adolescents.
2008
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Type
Journal Article
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Citation
Viner RM, “Transition of care from paediatric to adult services: one part of improved health services for adolescents,” Pediatric Palliative Care Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://pedpalascnetlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/14141.