RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Transition to adult services
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 86
OP 92
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300261
VO 97
IS 3
A1 Helena Gleeson
A1 Gill Turner
YR 2012
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/97/3/86.abstract
AB The lack of focus on young people as a group with particular healthcare needs in medical training and the health service underpins the difficulty that we have experienced as a profession in improving transition in the UK. This article discusses current progress towards improving training in young people's health in the UK, the evidence base for transitional care in young people with chronic conditions with interventions that focus on staffing, service delivery and young people, a practice based approach for transitional care in young people with learning difficulties and complex needs, the need for monitoring and evaluation of transitional care, and the challenge of funding.