All I want for Christmas
Following the recent Change NHS consultation, Young Ambassador Ben shares his personal experience of being on a waiting list. He highlights the significant physical and mental toll it has taken on him and his life as a young person, emphasising the urgent need for...
Supporting LGBTQ+ children and young people in health services
Earlier this year we were commissioned by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to ensure young people were involved in the review of their ‘Supporting LGBTQ+ Children and Young People principles’ statement. This statement is used by the college to...
Improving food security for young people in Newham
Today sees the launch of a suite of reports and resources from our partnership project aimed at improving food security for young people aged 11-19 in the London Borough of Newham. The project was a collaboration between Newham Council, AYPH and Cordis Bright,...
Experiencing my first AGM as a young person
As we end adolescent health week we are delighted to share a blog from one of our Young Ambassadors reflecting on our recent away day – it’s really important that we involve young people in all aspects of our work and our AYPH Youth Advisory Panel is an important part...
Understanding our population data
We’ve updated our population data page ready for International Adolescent Health Week. As the most read page of the Youth Health Data Hub, we know that understanding how many young people are in the UK and more detail about their demographics is important to people....
Young people’s health is impacted by our human rights as well, who knew…
In this blog, AYPH’s Youth Engagement & Partnership Project Manager, Nick Morgan shares reflections from our Young Ambassadors on a human rights and health workshop, run for the AYPH Youth Advisory Panel by The British Institute of Human Rights. Human rights. ...
Delivering an innovative model of holistic primary care to young people through the Well Centre
Improving access to primary care is a central plank of the new Labour government’s health strategy. Wes Streeting’s first ministerial visit as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care was to a GP surgery. The plan is to “shift the focus of the NHS out of...
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...