Moving young people with sickle cell disease from paediatric to adult services.
This article reviews data about transition from paediatric to adult services in patients with sickle cell disease, the most common inherited disease in the UK, and outlines how this has been addressed in a large UK sickle cell centre.
Howard
Jo
J
Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London.
Woodhead
Tanya
T
Musumadi
Luhanga
L
Martell
Alice
A
Inusa
Baba P D
BP
D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010372:Pediatrics; D024382:Professional Role; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D055815:Young Adult