Provider Together for Short Lives
Name Transition Taskforce Young Avengers Group
Young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families often find the transition process from children's into adults' services very difficult.
Medical advances mean more young people with life-shortening conditions are living into adulthood, but the transition they undergo from the comprehensive care offered by children's palliative care to unfamiliar adult services can be daunting and is often not joined up.
Together for Short Lives established a UK-wide Transition Taskforce in 2013 to develop a co-ordinated approach on how best to plan and deliver local care and support for young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions as they make the transition.
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