About this event
- Date and time Tue 10 Jun 2025 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Location Online
- Organised by Paediatrics and Child Health
Join us for a transformative full-day event dedicated to advancing paediatric-to-adult clinical transition services. This unique opportunity brings together leading experts, healthcare providers, patients, and families to explore the challenges and successes of this critical stage of care.
What to Expect
- Insights from Experts: Hear from specialists in cardiology, psychiatry, neurodisability, and other fields as they share strategies for preparing paediatric patients to transition to adult care.
- Patient and Family Perspectives: Gain valuable insights from first-hand accounts about what works, what doesn’t, and what matters most to those experiencing the transition.
- Panel Discussions: Participate in dynamic conversations led by experts in service design and development on how to create or enhance transition services that truly meet patient needs.
- Comprehensive Exploration: Understand current challenges and discover innovative approaches to improving continuity of care during this crucial period.
This event is ideal for healthcare professionals looking to improve outcomes for transitioning patients, whether you're designing, delivering, or supporting paediatric-to-adult transition services.
Paediatrics & Child Health Section: President's prize 2025
Submission deadline: Sunday 9 February 2025
Open to: Students and paediatrics trainees
Prize:
First prize: £250
Second prize: £150
Tickets
Standard pricing available until 09 June 2025.
Member
| RSM Fellow | RSM Associate | RSM Trainee | RSM Retired Fellow | RSM Student |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £36.00 | £27.00 | £27.00 | £27.00 | £18.00 |
Non - Member
| Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors | AHP / Nurse / Midwife | Trainee | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| £66.00 | £50.00 | £50.00 | £33.00 |
Agenda
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Introduction and welcome
Dr Daniel Cromb, President, Paediatrics & Child Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Nikita Punjabi, Council member, Paediatrics & Child Health Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Morning session: What are the current barriers to successful transition? The patient perspective and examples from individual specialities
Chairs: Dr Daniel Cromb and Dr Nikita Punjabi
Paediatrics to adult transition - the patient perspective
Patients and their families
Lifelong congenital heart disease (CHD) care
Lynda Shaughnessy, Lead Cardiac Nurse, Evelina London Children's Hopsital and Co-clinical Direction of the Lifelong CHD network
Panel discussion
Comfort break
Caring for the grown-up child: Challenges and insights from the adult side
Speaker to be confirmed
Navigating psychiatric care from adolescence to adulthood
Dr Shashank Sivaji, Addiction Psychiatry Registrar Specialty Trainee Year 5, South Ayrshire Treatment & Recovery Team and Dr Kate Wormersley, Psychiatric Registrar, Edinburgh
Panel discussion
Lunch
Annual general meeting for section members only
Afternoon session 1: Awards - president's prize
Introduction
Chairs: Dr Daniel Cromb and Dr Nikita Punjabi
Presidents prize speaker 1
Speaker to be confirmed
Presidents prize speaker 2
Speaker to be confirmed
Presidents prize speaker 3
Speaker to be confirmed
Presidents prize speaker 4
Speaker to be confirmed
Comfort break
Afternoon session 2: What does the future hold?
Chairs: Dr Daniel Cromb and Dr Nikita Punjabi
Practical tips on approaching the topic of transition with young people in the clinic setting
Dr Claudia Gore, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Transforming transitions for young people with complex needs
Dr Hema Palanyiaya, Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability, Evelina London Children's Hospital
How to set up paediatric-to-adult transition service
Speaker to be confirmed
Panel discussion
President's Prize - winner announcement
Closing remarks
Location
Online
Registration for this event will close at 8:00am on 10 June 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.