- 29Apr
NHS staff and parents to gain access to crucial child health information
Vital child health information will be available to health professionals and parents at the point of care, thanks to a new live national service which has been launched by the NHS. Parents and health professionals can securely receive information digitally and use it to inform decisions on care and treatment, using the National Events Management…
- 18Feb
Bristol developed self-harm support and suicide prevention app gains place on NHS Apps Library
With young people’s mental health hitting the headlines, a Bristol-developed free app giving people easy, quick and discreet access to reliable information and advice about self-harm and suicidal thoughts is now included on the NHS Apps Library. What does the distrACT app do? distrACT provides relevant information and advice – all in one single location –…
- 5Jan
VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund 2019 to 2020: How to apply
Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations can apply for funding to run projects focused on improving children and young people’s mental health. This Fund will focus on Children and Young People’s Mental Health and aims to expand and evaluate already successful innovative projects that: Adopt community and person-centred approaches to improving the mental health…
- 4Jan
NICE seeks advice on gauging children’s experience of healthcare
NICE is consulting on a new guideline on how best to gauge the experience of babies, children and young people using healthcare services. It covers all settings where NHS or local authority commissioned health care services are provided. Issues covered by the consultation include communications, consent, access to health care, advocacy and support, patient involvement,…
- 28Nov
Mapping the influences on young people’s mental health
The Health Foundation recently convened a series of workshops using a complex adaptive systems approach to explore influences on young people’s mental health. In this article, they spoke to Yannis Munro, Mental Health Advisor at The Prince’s Trust, who was involved in this work, about how the process is helping to map the web of connected issues which…
- 30Aug
New relationships and health education in schools
Draft guidance to make sure education prepares young people for life in the modern world. All schools will teach children about good physical and mental health, how to stay safe on and offline, and the importance of healthy relationships under bold new plans published by Education Secretary Damian Hinds. Under the proposals, all pupils will…
- 20Jun
Involving children, young people, parents and carers in planning to meet children’s wellbeing needs – Resource launch
A new resource co-produced by the Getting to Know Getting it Right for Every Child Team has been launched. The Getting to Know Getting it Right for Every Child Team are pleased to announce the launch of their new resource, ‘Involving children, young people, parents and carers in planning to meet children’s wellbeing needs’. The…
- 8Jun
Using Social Media to Target Cancer Prevention in Young Adults
A viewpoint article published by JMIR: Focusing on primary cancer prevention can reduce its incidence. Changing health behaviors is critical to cancer prevention. Modifiable cancer risk factors include lifestyle behaviors related to vaccination, physical activity, weight control and maintenance, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use. These health habits are often formed in young adulthood, a life stage which…
- 5Dec
Improving health care for children and young people; what should we focus on?
This blog published by the Picker Institute, by Kath Evans, Experience of Care Lead for Maternity, Infants, Children and Young People at NHS England, and PIF Advisory Group member, reflects on the findings from the 2016 Children and Young Person’s Survey, and calls on some of the leading voices in the UK’s children’s health care sector…
- 5Dec
Child patients have their say on hospital care
The largest survey of the quality of care for under-16s has been published in the Care Quality Commission’s Children and Young People’s Inpatient and Day Case Survey 2016. More than 34,000 patients and their parents and carers took part in the age-banded research. Overall, experiences were mostly positive – 81% of parents/carers rated care at 8…