Supporting young people with chronic pain to transition to adult services toolkit
Published: August 2023. Next review: 2028.
Adolescents and young people need resources and support to maintain engagement with adult services.
This toolkit guides adult and paediatric pain management services to make appropriate modifications to their services to allow young people a successful transition into adult services.
The toolkit includes four fillable PDF resources, published separately to make them more usable for services.
Fillable forms
- Checklist for new young person’s referral (PDF 135.1 KB)
- Emergency department management plan (PDF 224.9 KB)
- Individualised pain management plan (PDF 154.9 KB)
- School liaison report (PDF 105.7 KB)
Aims of the toolkit
- Improve the transition process of young people with chronic pain from paediatric to adult services.
- Improve the experience of young people entering adult services for the first time.
Principles
- Principle 1 - A formal transition process
- Principle 2 - Early preparation
- Principle 3 - Empower, encourage and enable young people to self-manage
- Principle 4 - Identify a local transition coordinator or facilitator
- Principle 5 - Good communication and shared responsibility
- Principle 6 - Individual transition plan
- Principle 7 - Follow-up and evaluation