Resources and information for children, young people and the parents and carers of children and young people with asthma in London. This section sets out what children and young people should expect from asthma care in London and includes practical resources that parents and carers can use to help their child to manage their asthma. […]
Better care across the system for children and young people with asthma Our comprehensive asthma toolkit has been designed to offer tailored information for London’s children and young people, parents and carers, healthcare professionals, school staff and others. Navigate the toolkit using the icons below. Our work to transform the care of children and young […]
This document explores the challenges relating to healthcare for London’s children and young people who have autism spectrum disorder. It offers an outline of: Issues currently faced in London Experiences of families (case study) Map of services Best practice examples Recommendations Downloads
In 2017/18, for London’s #AskAboutAsthma campaign we asked people to help support children and young people with asthma by describing their own or organisational contribution to improving asthma care through #MyAsthmaPledge. You can visit our asthma pledges page to see the pledges by organisations and individuals. Take a look at 2017’s #AskAboutAsthma pledge wrap-up here: […]
Pledge to improve the treatment and management of asthma in children and young people. Help support children and young people with asthma by making a #MyAsthmaPledge. Small steps improve lives – an asthma plan, annual review and help with inhalers. help manage and improve the treatment of asthma and wheeze. Downloads
We have developed a set of ambitions for how asthma care should be delivered across the city. Each organisation (primary and community care, acute care, pharmacy, schools) will have a clear named lead who will be responsible and accountable for asthma (which includes children and young people). Downloads
Case studies and examples to support trusts to reduce their impact on air pollution. London suffers from high levels of air pollution. Air pollution acts as a trigger for many children and young people with asthma, contributing to ED and intensive care admissions, and possibly some asthma deaths. To provide support for this, we have […]
This guide has been developed in collaboration with the Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) London & South East Learning Collaborative. It looks at outcome measures that may be meaningful and realistic for commissioners of children ang young people mental health services. Many national key performance indicators currently focus on access and waiting times but these are […]
This is a practical guide to help school staff and those who support younger children to have an awareness of asthma as a medical condition and the needs of pupils during the school day. This document aims to enable schools to effectively manage children and young people with asthma in a school setting. The following […]
These are slides from the 25 April 2017 event that brought together expertise and insight to strengthen London’s care of children and young people in general practice. GP practices are starting to work together at scale across London. Improving the care of children and young people is a priority and we are delighted to support […]