Renal Young Persons’ Transition Clinic

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Background & Problem

Young people making the transition from Paediatric Renal to Adult Renal service receiving no specialist transition input within GHNHSFT. The literature shows that outcomes improve when transition is supported. Therefore, to improve young adults’ experience of moving into Adult Renal outpatient services at GHFT, the Young Person’s Renal Clinic was started in June 2017.

Aim

For 60% of young adults attending the Young Person’s Renal Transition Clinic to complete the Patient Experience Questionnaire indicating that:

• They feel engaged with the clinic
• They felt welcomed by staff at the clinic
• That the care they received at the clinic was, at least, rated “good”.

Method

Young people attending the Renal Young Persons’ Clinic were asked to complete a Patient Experience Questionnaire once they had met with each MD team member at the clinic.

Results

In September, 60% of young adults attending the clinic completed the questionnaire to say that they felt their experience of the clinic was good.

Implications

Too early to draw firm conclusions as there have been only two clinics this year, but initial findings suggest that the Young Persons’ Clinic is a helpful and engaging service for the young Renal population.