Building Safer Futures: Designing for Successful Transitions in Paediatric Care

Transitions in care, whether from the NICU to home, between pediatric and adult services, or across hospital units, are moments of both opportunity and vulnerability. For children with medical complexity, the way these transitions are supported can mean the difference between safety and harm, stability and crisis, resilience, and long-term health risks.

This session will highlight why transitions matter, the system-level risks that emerge when they are poorly supported, and how intentional facility design, care models, and interprofessional collaboration can transform outcomes for children and families.

We invite participants to reimagine healthcare planning and facility design not just as technical or architectural exercises, but as opportunities to engineer safety, continuity, and compassion into every transition children and families experience.