Questions to ask
The questions set out here are examples of the kinds of questions that you could ask. They are based on the questions that other young people said they wanted to ask before and after they made their transition.
Questions About The Transition to Adult Health Care Services
- Why do I have to move to adult health care services
- When do you think I will be moving
- Which hospital/clinic will I be moving to
- Will the new hospital have all my medical notes
- Who is responsible for organising my transition
- If I get ill before my first visit to the adult clinic, where should I go
- Who will be my new consultant
- Can I visit the new adult hospital/clinic before I have my first visit
- How long will I have to wait for my first visit
- Where is the clinic located in the hospital
- Can I bring a parent/guardian or a friend with me for my first appointment
- What will happen and who will I see on my first visit
- Will I see the same health care staff at each visit
- What kind of waiting times can I expect at the adult clinic
- What medications and/or treatments are available in the adult clinic
- What are the hospital’s/clinic’s policies on home treatments
- If I become an in-patient, how will that experience be different from the children’s hospital
Questions to ask
The questions set out here are examples of the kinds of questions that you could ask. They are based on the questions that other young people said they wanted to ask before and after they made their transition.
Questions About The Transition to Adult Health Care Services
- Why do I have to move to adult health care services
- When do you think I will be moving
- Which hospital/clinic will I be moving to
- Will the new hospital have all my medical notes
- Who is responsible for organising my transition
- If I get ill before my first visit to the adult clinic, where should I go
- Who will be my new consultant
- Can I visit the new adult hospital/clinic before I have my first visit
- How long will I have to wait for my first visit
- Where is the clinic located in the hospital
- Can I bring a parent/guardian or a friend with me for my first appointment
- What will happen and who will I see on my first visit
- Will I see the same health care staff at each visit
- What kind of waiting times can I expect at the adult clinic
- What medications and/or treatments are available in the adult clinic
- What are the hospital’s/clinic’s policies on home treatments
- If I become an in-patient, how will that experience be different from the children’s hospital
Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you for transition.
In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone. Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:
Reading the material on this website and listening to or reading the ‘transition stories’ will help prepare you in some way for transition.
In this way, you will gain more information and confidence that will support you through the process. The important thing is that you will see that you are not alone.
Your parent(s)/guardian(s) and health care team are there to support you and help you to manage the move to adult services. There is no single transition process or programme in Ireland but it is helpful to think of the process as including the following three stages:
