Watch a series of short films about asthma care for children and young people The difference between asthma and wheeze in children videos In this series, Dr Mando Watson from St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington explains the difference between asthma and wheeze in children, and explains what to do if your child has asthma or […]
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
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
Our Transforming Cancer Services Team’s clinicians, in partnership with Public Health England, have researched the demographic variation of people living in London with serious co-morbidities (that involved an inpatient stay) at the time of their cancer diagnosis. People who are diagnosed with cancer may often have other diseases or long term conditions. These comorbidities can […]
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 […]
The report looks back at how the cancer team has supported the ongoing delivery of the Five Year Forward View, the National Cancer Strategy recommendations and our partners across London in 2016/17. Some of the team’s achievements last year include: Delivering a comprehensive baseline capacity and demand position for diagnostic services across London. This also identified potential for […]
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 […]