Teenagers with chronic disorders, such as heart disease, who drop out oftreatment between child and adult care risk serious long-termconsequences.
Those with diabetes, for example, can go blind.
Yet services often fail to accommodate the developmental needs of youngpeople, who can be entering a period of rebellion where they don't wantto take medicines.
Dr Sheila Shribman, national clinical director for children's services,told Children Now the Government decided to take action followingconcern that children were falling through the net.
"We have evidence that suggests children can get lost to the system inthe transition between child and adult services," she said. "We need todo more work to raise the profile of that locally and will be bringingtogether adult and children's specialists to look at ways that we canimprove transition."
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