title: Transition to adult services.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Endocrinology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK. helena.gleeson@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
authors: Helena
authors: H
authors: Gleeson
authors: Gill
authors: G
authors: Turner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000193:education; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000628:therapy; D017146:Models, Organizational; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D060305:Transition to Adult Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055815:Young Adult