The Opportunity

Providing connected healthcare for adolescents and young adults moving from paediatric to adult services.

The transition from paediatric to adult healthcare is defined by the Society for Adolescent Medicine as “the purposeful planned movement of adolescents and young adults with chronic physical and medical conditions from child-centred to adult-oriented health care systems”.

The development of an Adolescent Transition Framework and Action Plan 2025-2029 (the ‘Framework and Action Plan) will support and guide services to effectively, efficiently and equitably provide transition care for adolescents moving from paediatric to adult healthcare services. It brings together the evidence, youth voices, and clinician expertise to create the scaffolding for system-wide change that will improve the health and experience of young people with chronic illness.

Our Approach

The CEIH Adolescent Transition Care Statewide Clinical Network has partnered with the System Design and Planning Branch of the Department for Health and Wellbeing (DHW) to inform future service planning, models of care, and system-wide decisions.

Through active consumer and stakeholder engagement, the project co-designed actions to address priority areas using a system wide approach and deliver a contemporary, state-wide Adolescent Transition Framework and Action Plan that articulates how SA Health, and its partners can deliver patient centred, and evidence-based adolescent transition care.

Our Partners

• Department of Health and Wellbeing (System Design and Planning Branch)
• Adolescent Transition Care Statewide Clinical Network
• Youth Advisory Group

Outcomes

We are envisaging a system where young people from all backgrounds and walks of life have better access to continuous healthcare and have a healthcare system which works with them and for them to meet their needs and fulfill their potential.

The Framework and Action Plan will provide the direction for adolescent transition care in South Australia, identifying opportunities to build a better coordinated, integrated, equitable, and evidence-based system for young people.

It is intended the Framework and Action Plan will support the paediatric and adult healthcare system in delivering strategies that put the young person at the centre, enabling equitable outcomes for all.

Have a question?

or want to learn more? Please email: CEIH.​AdolescentTransition@​sa.​gov.​au