Children and young people

The Children and Young People (CYP) is an integrated programme of work bringing together NHS organisations, Lincolnshire County Council, the provider trusts, public health, primary care and the voluntary sector.

Our priorities

  • Addressing waiting times for Speech and Language Therapy.
  • Neurodiversity diagnosis
  • Transition from children’s services into adult services
  • Asthma diagnosis and treatment
  • Diabetes diagnosis and treatment
  • Epilepsy diagnosis and treatment

What we are doing?

  • Transition from children’s services to adult services

    Working on developing the transition from children’s services to adult services through the formation of a system wide transition network.  We know that when young people move into adulthood it can be a very challenging time for them and their families with services delivered in different ways.

    The CYP programme has set up a system wide transition network that has developed key principles for transition that will support addressing the issues of continuity and in some cases gaps in service. Whilst this sits within the CYP programme, often the biggest changes will need to happen within adult services due to differences in the way adult services are commissioned or delivered and as such we work closely across all work programmes within the ICB.

    Transitions to adulthood – Lincolnshire County Council.

    Smooth transition: your journey into adult care - United Lincolnshire Hospitals.

  • Elective and equitable recovery for children and young people

    Elective recovery including an equitable recovery for CYP is reflected in our programmes to ensure we are sighted on areas of elective recovery waits for CYP in Lincolnshire.

    An example this year of key partnership working was in a Super Saturday clinic for CYP who were waiting to be seen by a Dermatology specialist. Feedback received from our service users and their families was very positive and we had 100% attendance due to plenty of parking and the clinic being held on a weekend day.

  • Family Support Worker Emergency Department Pilot

    Lincolnshire hosted a Family Support Worker in an Emergency Department (ED) pilot, provided by Barnardo’s and funded by NHSE. Learning from the pilot has led to increased awareness and a training needs for ED staff around the holistic needs surrounding CYP and a better understanding of community services who are well placed to offer further support.

Children and young people

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