Continuity for Care in Children

The Times reports “Children with mental health problems, asthma, diabetes and other chronic conditions will no longer be forced to transfer to adult services after their 18th birthday in plans to eliminate the “cliff-edge” faced by teenagers.

The NHS will stop automatically treating children as adults after they turn 18, to help them to make a “smooth transition” to adult care by as late as 25. It will see more services aimed at those from birth to 25 years old, with some describing patients as “young adults”.” Read all