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The Health Transition Team Transition Together Website

The Health Transition Team Transition Together Website. Kathie Drinan Julie Hykin and Carrie James , Health Transition Case Managers Children’s Disabilities and LTC Services Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Purpose of the Team.

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The Health Transition Team Transition Together Website

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  1. The Health Transition TeamTransition Together Website Kathie Drinan Julie Hykin and Carrie James, Health Transition Case Managers Children’s Disabilities and LTC Services Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

  2. Purpose of the Team The team supports young people from age 14 to 25 with physical impairments and some long term conditions such as severe asthma, eczema and allergies in mainstream education to transition into adulthood. www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  3. Dedicated Transition website • Why is it necessary? • AHDC – better support for families – key information at key points • Lord Darzi – fair, equitable, and ambitious to respond to the needs of the patients and public • Every Child Matters 2004 – be healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve, making a positive contribution, achieve economic wellbeing • Transforming Community Services www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  4. Outcomes • To make it easier for young people with physical impairments to be independent. • To create a website that is available, accessible, and inclusive for young people with physical impairments which supports them through transition

  5. How did we achieve it? • Our own trust communications department • QNI Fund for Innovation • Web developer Agent 8 www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  6. www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  7. Transition Together www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  8. Health Matters www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  9. Feeling different and living with a disability www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  10. Cars trains and buses www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  11. Free bus pass www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  12. Form to download www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

  13. Our contact details Health Transition Case Managers Walsall Child Development Centre Coalheath Lane Shelfield, Walsall, WS4 1PL 01922 693972 • Email: healthtransitionteam@walsallhealthcare.nhs.uk • Website: www.healthtransition-walsall.nhs.uk

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