


Everyone should be heard…making Excess Weight Clinics work for Children, Young People and Families
For the last two years AYPH has worked with the NHS Complications from Excess Weight (CEW) clinics focusing on understanding the perspectives of young people and their families. We are delighted to share a rich set of feedback from over 60 young people and more than...
Engaging young people in NHS service delivery and development
Everyone is agreed that young people need to be involved at all levels of our healthcare system, from shaping the care they are receiving at the front line right up to co-designing and inputting to strategic change. However, our understanding of what is actually...
Reflecting on new quality standards for young people’s health services
AYPH Trustee and Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners Dick Churchill reflects on new resources aimed at promoting youth friendly healthcare I was recently invited to give a presentation about the NICE Guideline on Babies, Children and Young People’s...
A warm welcome for You’re Welcome: new quality criteria for youth friendly health services
Last week the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) published a revised and updated version of the You’re Welcome quality criteria for youth friendly health services. AYPH welcomes the criteria and in this blog we reflect on the content and some...