The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that young people with physical disabilities or illnesses, who rely on therapies and treatments, do not always receive the necessary care and support when they move on to adult care services.
The regulator's report, From the Pond into the Sea finds that there are a number of problems with the transition process, with some children’s services stopping before their equivalent adult services have started.
And it said families have been left “confused and distressed” by the lack of information and support given to them.
Steve Field, chief inspector of general practice in England at the CQC, said there is “no excuse” for providers and commissioners of care to ignore national guidance that has been in place for the last ten years that supports young people moving from children’s to adult services.
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