In this section, you will find clinical information (guidelines, protocols and toolkits) relevant to Transition and the care of Young People.  

The information is listed in alphabetical order. 

If you have any suggestions for further documents to be added, please email: Sheena.Vernon@uhbw.nhs.uk 

 

Transition

 

Adolescent Transition Care - A Guide for Nurses

Adolescent Websites - Useful List 

Bristol Heart Institute Consultants and their specialties for referral (October 2024)

Child to Adult Literature Review

Coping with Self Harm

Difficult conversations prompts re: self harm

Discontinuity of cardiac follow up in young people with CHD transitioning to adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Journal of American Heart Association (2021) 

Health Transition Resources - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) 

Lost in transition

Motivational Interviewing: A Brief Guide

Specific discharge guidance at transition for minor lesions (cogenital heart disease) - CHD Network guidelines

Teens in Hospital (2012)

Transition to the adult services - CHD network presentation (2023)

Transition to adulthood and transfer to adult care of adolescents with congenital heart disease - ESC journal article published July 2021

 

Ready, Steady, Go - Resources

 

The ready steady go transition programme - Easy read version

The ready steady go transition programme

Ready, Steady, Go - READY Questionnaire - Easy read version

Ready, Steady, Go - READY Questionnaire

Ready, Steady, Go - STEADY Questionnaire - Easy read version

Ready, Steady, Go - STEADY Questionnaire

Ready, Steady, Go - GO Questionnaire - Easy read version

Ready, Steady, Go - GO Questionnaire

Ready, Steady, Go - Parent Questionnaire