Introducing Youth Health Essentials
Young people’s health and the quality of their care often depends on whether professionals feel confident navigating communication, trust, development and the transition to adult services. Youth Health Essentials has been designed to make that capability easier to...
Supporting Young People with Alcohol Use
The new Clinical Guidelines for Alcohol Treatment, published by DHSC in 2025, represent a comprehensive national update to alcohol treatment guidance since the earlier ‘Orange Book’ era, over a decade ago. The chapter on children and young people marks an important...
Youth Matters – investing in youth services and young people’s voices
AYPH welcomes the publication of Youth Matters: The National Youth Strategy (December 2025), which recognises the growing pressures facing young people, including rising isolation, declining youth infrastructure and widening inequalities. The strategy sets out a...
Where is the young adult care?
There are many conversations about age, development and capacity happening at the moment – from voting at 16 to brain development continuing to our mid 20s and beyond. The fact remains, however, that the gap between child and adult health services persists with many...