Improving healthcare transition for young people with cancer: factors fundamental to the quality improvement journey.

Background: Young people receiving cancer treatment in the South Thames Children's, Teenagers' and Young Adults' Cancer Operational Delivery Network usually receive care across two or more NHS trusts, meaning transition into adult services can be challenging.

Aim: To develop a planned, co-ordinated approach to transition across the network that meets National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance recommendations for transition and the cancer service specifications.

Methods: A 2-year, nurse-led quality improvement (QI) project, using the principles of experience-based co-design.

Transition of young people from children's into adults' services: what works for whom and in what circumstances - protocol for a realist synthesis.

Introduction: The process of transitioning young people from children's or adolescents' health services into adults' services is a crucial time in the lives and health of young people and has been reported to be disjointed rather than a process of preparation in which they are involved. Such transitions not only fail to meet the needs of young people and families at this time of significant change, but they may also result in a deterioration in health, or disengagement with services, which can have deleterious long-term consequences. Despite the wealth of literature on this topic, there has yet to be a focus on what works for whom, in what circumstances, how and why, in relation to young people transitioning from children's into adults' services, which this realist synthesis aims to address.

North Thames multi-centre service evaluation: Ethical considerations during COVID-19.

Objectives: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare resources including staff were diverted from paediatric services to support COVID-positive adult patients. Hospital visiting restrictions and reductions in face-to-face paediatric care were also enforced. We investigated the impact of service changes during the first wave of the pandemic on children and young people (CYP), to inform recommendations for maintaining their care during future pandemics.

The experiences and perceptions of users of an electronic patient record system in a pediatric hospital setting: a systematic review.

Context: With the ever-increasing need for digital health innovations, the transition to electronic patient records (EPR) is an integral part of the digital health revolution. There is an increasing body of literature on EPR use in the adult hospital setting, particularly related to adoption as a result of financial incentives in the United States (US). The experiences and perceptions of EPR users within the pediatric hospital setting are less well understood, despite the advent of patient portals accessible by children and young people (CYP) and their parents, which bring new benefits and challenges for them and healthcare professionals alike.