TY - JOUR T1 - The evidence base for transition is bigger than you might think JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 321 LP - 322 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309204 VL - 100 IS - 6 AU - Janet E McDonagh AU - Janine Hackett AU - Marie McGee AU - Tauny Southwood AU - Karen L Shaw Y1 - 2015/12/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/6/321.abstract N2 - We would like to congratulate Nagra et al1 on their impressive work and the impact of Ready Steady Go programme on raising the profile of transitional care in the NHS.The checklists that provide the foundation for the Ready Steady Go programme were originally developed in 2002–2003, following an extensive national needs assessment, funded by Arthritis Research UK and involving young people across the UK and all major stakeholders.2–4 These checklists (originally called individual transition plans) were based on the needs identified, the core principles of early, mid and late adolescent development, the national school curriculum and the Ontrac programme in Canada.5 The checklists formed an integral component of one of the first evidence-based programme of transitional care in any chronic illness, and involved 10 UK rheumatology centres and 308 young people and their parents,6 which included an objective evaluation of the programme and reported positive benefits.7Since this time, the checklists have been used in the rheumatology service at Birmingham Children's Hospital8 irrespective of condition and in various other specialties both nationally and internationally. The adolescent rheumatology … ER -