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Quality improvement

Service design

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Our history, your future- Philip McCullough

12 August 2021

As �� celebrates its 25th birthday, 25 members and friends have shared stories about a case or memory that stayed with them. These stories will be published throughout 2021.

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Young people win a national award for epilepsy quality improvement

27 November 2020

The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been selected as joint winners in the HQIP Audit Heroes Awards 2020 in the Volunteer of the Year Category, recognising their hard work to support improvements in epilepsy care.

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Recipes for Rights - children and young people in the lead - �� &Us

This booklet takes you through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the five articles that children and young people have told us are important to their healthcare. Recipes include; starter activities to break the ice; patient view finders for one-to-one work; and quality improvement act...

Fellowships, awards and prizes

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�� &Us Voice Champion Award

Every year, children and young people from �� &Us review nominations and select a Voice Champion of the Year, recognising the winner's commitment to working with �� &Us to improve child health collaboratively with young people and adults.

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COVID-19 &Us - views from �� &Us

�� &Us is working with young people to reflect on their experiences of COVID-19 and the lockdown. This will help inform future planning for times of national crisis such as a natural disaster, another pandemic, terrorist incident or other cause of nationwide disruption.

Mental health

COVID-19

Adolescent health

Wellbeing for children and young people

Patient experience

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COVID-19 Book Club - children and young people's views

Children and young people have been experiencing the impact of COVID-19, in many ways, from education, to their health, discussions and decisions about the vaccine and in living in a virtual world. We worked with young people (16-25 years old) throughout 2020 and 2021 to make sure their voices were ...

COVID-19

Research

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Health diary and stay at home activities for children and young people

In 2020 �� &Us created some things to do when staying at home, for example due to national lockdowns. We have a health diary to write or draw your questions or feelings between appointments. And an activity pack so you can help the NHS and entertained (plus get a certificate!).

COVID-19

Patient experience

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By raising awareness of young carers, we can give them the support they need

10 March 2020

A few years ago, I got the chance to speak with young carers about their experiences. Together, we created superhero characters to explain some of the many things that they do—and some other things they would like to do. As the ��’s children and young people’s engagement manager, I get to meet wi...

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Rights Matter - what the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child means to us

Written in 1989, the UNCRC is a set of rules, or 'articles', defining how each child and young person can be kept safe from harm, have chances to develop, become an individual and thrive. It helps us keep children and young people at the heart of all we do, through our �� &Us network. We exp...