Paediatric to adult care transfer service
What does ‘transfer’ mean and why is it important?
Transfer is another word for change. As you grow up, you are transferring from a child into an adult. This comes with many changes, and for you, one of them, will be moving from the Children’s Hospital to adult services here at the Metabolic Bone Centre. The transfer team are here to make this change as smooth as possible for young people and their families.
Who is the transfer team at the Metabolic Bone Centre?
Professor Jennifer Walsh graduated from Sheffield Medical School and trained in Endocrinology.
Other members of staff who work in the Metabolic Bone Centre, along side the Transfer Team, include staff nurses, clinical support workers and clerical staff.
Who might the MBC transition team help?
The team offer care and support to all young people, and their families that are new to adult services. This will include patients transferring from children’s to adult services, and also new patients.
What might the team do to help a young person settle in?
- A member of the team will meet the young person in clinic at the Children’s hospital before you transfer
- A welcome letter for the young person and their parents/guardians
- An informal tour of the Metabolic Bone Centre can be arranged
- At the Metabolic Bone Centre, we have a specific transfer room just for young people to receive their treatments
- A clinical support worker will call the patient prior to their first adult care appointment, should they have any questions or concerns.
