Empowering patients and families to escalate worries and concerns.

The NHS England pilot project at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust In this week’s blog Debra Ritsperis Head of Quality @DRitsperis, Isolde Newbury ACRT @AcuteResponse, Rebecca Wood Paediatric Matron @becky_RWood, Kaylea Roffe Data Manager @roffe_kaylea, Natalie Tomms Communications Lead, Dr Kerry Gaskin @GaskinKerry, outline how the project team including Suzie Cro Deputy Director of Quality […]

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How well do we adult researchers really prepare ourselves to share power and control with children and young people in the context of patient and public involvement?

  “This week’s blog post is written by Betul BAY, a PhD candidate with expertise in cancer pain management among children and young people at the University of Birmingham’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. Within this blog, she underscores the importance of further research aimed at establishing the most optimal levels of Patient and Public […]

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The forgotten families – Impact of a child’s autism on families and carers mental health during the pandemic.

As we reach the end of Autism Awareness Week, Nicky Thomas, a PhD student exploring parental and carer wellbeing for families who care for children with intellectual disabilities at University of Warwick (Warwick Medical School), writes this blog to raise awareness of the challenges of families we may care for where a child has autism. […]

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Involving young people in decision-making about their long-term conditions: What nurses need to know

This week’s Blog is written by Niamh Adams (@niamhadams_) a journalism undergraduate student at the University of Sheffield. Niamh has her own Blog site. Go to http://www.niamhslife.com/ to read more. Making a young person feel heard when it comes to decision making is essential and even more so when it comes to their long-term condition. […]

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