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...
Innovation and Good Practice in Adolescent Health
On 30 September, AYPH brought together young people, practitioners, researchers, and funders to share innovation and good practice in adolescent health. The event highlighted both the challenges facing the system and the opportunities for doing things differently....
RSHE isn’t just a subject – It’s part of a whole system for adolescent health
When the Department for Education published the updated statutory guidance for Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) in July 2025, many of us in adolescent health and wellbeing welcomed the shift. After the turbulence of the 2024 draft, this version reflects...
The Teenage Pregnancy Strategy 25 years on
The Labour Government’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy was a clearly defined 10 year programme. However it was never intended as a one-off strategy but as a catalyst for change with the principles and actions integrated into mainstream provision to support successive...