Transitions in Health & Social Care Forum 2022

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• Outlining how the CQC’s oversight of ICSs and Local Authorities will support health and care systems to deliver integrated services and improve outcomes
• Highlighting the impact of effectively joined up care services and well managed transitions on outcomes for individuals, and on public health
• Sharing how the CQC assesses the entire care system to ensure transitions between services are as seamless as possible, and that young people receive continuity of care

This session will include time for audience Q&A

• Highlighting common factors in effective transition management from child-centred to adult-centred services
• Sharing best practice for effective transition planning and support, including the importance of co-production and person-centred approaches
• Providing guidance on how to carry out gap analysis to identify and respond to the needs of service users during transitions

This session will include time for audience Q&A

Fiona Campbell is a Research Fellow in Health Economics and Decision Science within the School for Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. She has a clinical nursing background in oncology nursing, district nursing and health visiting and has worked in this capacity both in the UK and developing country settings. She conducted a review of the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve the transition of care for adolescents from paediatric to adult health services.

This session will include:

• An overview of the research into transitions from child to adult health services, and the impact on the health of adolescents with chronic health conditions
• Highlighting evidence-backed interventions to improve transitions of care
• Discussing the challenges around accurately evaluating intervention models

This session will include time for audience Q&A

• Discussing common best practice for planning and managing transitions between health and social care settings
• Identifying where health and care differ in transition management, and what can be learned from each other
• Sharing how health and care services can prevent a “cliff edge” of support for young people when they turn 18

Parents, guardians, and carers can be a source of essential support for young people as they transition to adult services. By working effectively with the families of young people, you can improve long-term health outcomes patient experience, as well as supporting families to access funding and support for themselves.

Learning Outcomes:

• Enhance your understanding of the stages of transitions for people with complex/life-limiting health conditions from the young person’s, parents’ and service perspective
• Know best practice models for implementing Together for Young Lives’ 5 standards in transition pathways
• Develop your own strategy for improving transitions pathways from planning through to settling into adult services

Before proceedings get underway, this short explainer session will explore how you can get the most out of our new next generation Conference platform. Our IG Team will run through how to make virtual connections, creating networking meet ups, accessing content on demand and how to use our new Q&A, chat functions and virtual polling tools.

Disabled Children’s Partnership is coalition of 100 organisations campaigning for improved health and social care for disabled children, young people and their families. DCP provides a platform for their voices, and challenge the injustices that affect them.

In this session, Stephen will discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people’s transition to adult services, and effective targeted policies for pandemic recovery. 

This session will include time for audience Q&A

Southampton Children’s Hospital implemented the “Ready, Steady, Go” programme, which helps children and their families prepare for the transition to adult services. This resulted in improvements in patient satisfaction and in health outcomes by empowering young people to manage their healthcare confidently and successfully, and reduced costs for the Trust. This session will provide key insights into:

• How Ready, Steady, Go’s resources were integrated with existing transition practices
• The long-term impact of improving young people’s ability to manage their own care on patient satisfaction and health outcomes
• How transition programmes can be adapted to meet the specific needs of individual children

This session will include time for audience Q&A

• Discussing how to provide ongoing support when young people leave residential care or move away from home
• Highlighting effective support strategies across health, social care, and housing services
• Sharing how ongoing support can prepare young people to live independently in future
• Working with young people as they transition to ensure that they have the necessary skills and are afforded the correct support for them to become an independent member of their community

Each young person’s needs and choices are unique. Creating a person-centred transition plan reflects this, and ensures that decisions made about transfer of clinical or care responsibility related to need. This improves continuity of care and long-term outcomes for young people following their transition to adult services.

Learning Outcomes:

• Increase awareness on underlying influences that effect transitions of young people, their families and those supporting them
• Learn how to put transitional planning into practice
• Understand how to enhance and develop protective factors whilst minimising risk factors to enable a more effective transitional journey for young people and families

*programme subject to change