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If you’re going to be staying on a ward you should bring the following items with you:
Please try not to bring valuables – we cannot accept any responsibility for lost or damaged items.
We normally start the process of preparing patients for the move to adult services (known as ‘transition’) around age 14. Some patients with long term conditions may start transition planning at 11 or 12. The actual move to adult care can take place anywhere between 16 and 19 depending your condition and your individual needs.
Depending on your medical needs your ongoing care will either be transferred to a regional centre (not necessarily your home town or city, but somewhere that serves patients in your part of the country) or to a local hospital (one close to where you live). Your nurse specialist will be able to tell you which option is most likely for you.
Blood tests
Ward stays
Outpatient appointments
In 2013 our patient David Cowan made a video about his transition to the teenage and young adult late effects cancer clinic at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The video contains lots of useful tips for patients moving on to adult services.
You should speak to your nurse specialist first of all, but you can also talk to Anna Ford, the Transition Nurse at Sheffield Children’s Hospital. You can email her at scn-tr.transitionnurse@nhs.net.
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