Enhance your transition service and ensure seamless, patient-centred care from paediatric to adult services
Featuring expert presentations and practical resources, this dedicated course will deliver practical and actionable ways to streamline transition services and improve outcomes for young people. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with paediatricians, nurses, GPs and specialist teams involved in transition care to share your challenges and build a supportive network. Take one day out to gain practical, transferable approaches to improve engagement, safeguarding and transition planning within your service.
Transition is more than a handover - it’s a carefully managed baton pass. Book your place on this course and empower your team to deliver seamless, patient-focused transitions
Improving transition care
Online and interactive
| 9:00 |
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
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| 9:30 |
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Bethan Williams, Roald Dahl Transition Coordinator, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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| Bridging transition gaps with youth work | |
| 9:40 |
The role of youth work in keeping CYP engaged during their handover to adult services
Darren Meade, Youth Worker, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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| 10:10 |
Questions and answers with Darren Meade
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| 10:20 |
Interactive discussion: How to incorporate youth work approaches in your service
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| 10:40 |
Feedback from your interactive discussion: How to incorporate youth work approaches in your service
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| 10:50 |
Screen break
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| Safeguarding CYP during transition | |
| 11:00 |
Protecting young people admitted to adult wards: communication, safeguarding and awareness
Bethan Williams, Roald Dahl Transition Coordinator, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Nadia Hyde, Safeguarding Lead, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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| 11:30 |
Questions and answers with Bethan Williams and Nadia Hyde
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| 11:40 |
Interactive discussion: How to support young people with varying levels of maturity to advocate for themselves during transition
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| 12:00 |
Feedback from your interactive discussion: How to support young people with varying levels of maturity to advocate for themselves during transition
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| 12:10 |
Lunch break
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| Fostering a seamless transition | |
| 12:50 |
Supporting CYP self-advocacy and independence in their healthcare and transition
Cillian Gray, Cardiac Adolescent and Transition Clinical Nurse Specialist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
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| 1:20 |
Questions and answers with Cillian Gray
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| 1:30 |
Establishing and assessing the benefits of a joint paediatric and adult transition clinic
Neil Fletcher, Roald Dahl Clinical Nurse Specialist, Barts Health NHS Trust
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| 2:00 |
Questions and answers with Neil Fletcher
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| Improving handover documentation | |
| 2:10 |
Interactive discussion: Building open communication and sharing through clear documentation
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| 2:30 |
Feedback from your interactive discussion: Building open communication and sharing through clear documentation
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| 2:40 |
Screen break
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| Navigating complex cases | |
| 2:50 |
Supporting CYP with complex needs and their parents and carers during transition
Joanna Grant, Director of Nursing, MCS Healthcare
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| 3:20 |
Questions and answers with Joanna Grant
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| 3:30 |
Interactive discussion: Practical ways to support CYP and their parents during a complex transition
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| 3:50 |
Feedback from your interactive discussion: Practical ways to support CYP and their parents during a complex transition
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| 4:00 |
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day
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First-hand speaker experiences
Darren is a nationally qualified youth worker, with 30 years’ experience providing youth work support in a variety of settings. He has previously worked on the Teenage Cancer Unit at Leeds, and his current youth work role is with the Paediatric & Young Adult Diabetes Team at LTHT. In 2023 he produced a research paper for an MA award, which explored how the role of Youth Work can help to reduce DNA rates and improve the transition experience for patients who are living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. He aims to publish the findings of this research and is also planning to base his future PhD research on this topic. He also chairs the National Diabetes Youth Worker Forum. He lives in Leeds with his wife and dog, and spends much of his spare time wondering if he’ll ever feel like he’s winning the never-ending war with his garden.

Neil Fletcher is a dual-registered Registered General Nurse (RGN) and Registered Nurse (Child), with over 35 years of experience across a wide range of clinical settings. He holds an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and was awarded a Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholarship.
Neil is passionate about improving healthcare transition pathways and promoting developmentally appropriate healthcare, including the use of HEEADSSS assessments. He is a strong advocate for parity of esteem between physical and mental health, and is committed to raising awareness of young carers, as well as highlighting the importance and impact of CYP social prescribing and youth worker roles within healthcare.
He actively supports the Barts Health Youth Forum and is an advocate for involving young people in decisions about “what matters to me” in their care and services.
Neil is a member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) CYP Preventative Health, Welfare & Advocacy Committee Forum, and an RCN stakeholder member for the NCEPOD Inbetweeners report and the MAPS study (Mental Health Admissions onto Paediatric Wards).
He is also an advisory group member for Your Stance (a community interest company), and a member of a Young People’s Health Specialist Interest Group.
Alongside his clinical and advisory work, Neil is a charity trustee and contributes to innovation in education and engagement. He is the creator of the board game The Bridge, developed with Focus Games and supported by Barts Charity, designed to support learning and discussion in healthcare settings.
Neil is currently developing a virtual hospital experience in collaboration with Circus 360 X, supported by Barts Charity.

Expected attendees
Past attendee feedback
‘All speakers were so passionate in their roles within Transition and this was so lovely to see’
Bridging the Gap: Streamlining Transition to Adult Services 2025, Online
‘Great to hear about the challenges and great work across the country, helps spur me on’
Bridging the Gap: Streamlining Transition to Adult Services 2025, Online
‘The subjects covered were informative and I have taken away ideas and contacts from today’
Bridging the Gap: Streamlining Transition to Adult Services 2025, Online
‘Very valuable day’
Developing your Healthcare Transition Pathway to Adult Services, December 2024, Online
‘Good networking event with some ideas/inspirations for future practice’
Elevate your Transition Pathways from Paediatric to Adult Services, March 2024, Manchester
‘Excellent speakers who were knowledgeable and interesting. Topics were helpful and of relevance to my practice’
Elevate your Transition Pathways from Paediatric to Adult Services, March 2024, Manchester
‘Interesting, thought-provoking; great way of learning from others’
Elevate your Transition Pathways from Paediatric to Adult Services, March 2024, Manchester
‘Good opportunity to meet people from other areas and share experiences’
Elevate your Transition Pathways from Paediatric to Adult Services, March 2024, Manchester
‘Brilliant content, interesting speakers, shared experiences with a variety of professionals’
Elevate your Transition Pathways from Paediatric to Adult Services, March 2024, Manchester
‘Well-presented course useful information’
Developing your Healthcare Transition Pathway to Adult Services, December 2024, Online
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