The World Youth Report 2025 on Youth Mental Health & Well-being was shaped by the lived experience of young people and the expertise of an expert group meeting AYPH sat on to help member states better understand youth mental health. social.desa.un.org/publications...
The Education & Health and Social Care Committees have launched an inquiry looking at mental health support and services provided in education and community settings, available to children and young people.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9627/
New resources from the Social Prescribing Youth Network. “Best Practice Guidelines: Child & Youth Social Prescribing” provides recommendations for commissioners & policymakers, VCFSE organisations, link workers & frontline practitioners, researchers & evaluators.
sbbresearch.org/spyn/
Illustration showing 4 young women and a Dr's faces looking a young woman sat in a Dr's waiting room. The woman is surrounded by pills, an emoji of a face with thermometer, a clock, a prescription pad and a flexing arm. Text reads: "waiting room. Official selection MOVE 2026"
We’re delighted to share that ‘Waiting Room’ is being screened at MOVE Summit 2026! Only 30% of young women in Scotland report having positive experiences with healthcare professionals. The animation explores young women's experiences.
#MOVESummit #Animation #YoungWomensHealth #Healthcare
New report from an expert roundtable that we took part in, looking at evidence for the risks/benefits of teaching RSE topics, considerations for teaching RSE to different ages & groups and methods for communicating topics to children & the impact of different providers.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Take part in research to better understand the challenges and
needs of young people with multiple chronic health conditions. Your experiences could help shape future support for young people living with multiple chronic conditions.
Flyer showing a hand holding a megaphone on a blue background for Talk Trust Treat training. Text reads: Talk Trust Treat, getting support for young people's health right. Training for professionals delivered by young people. Want to ensure your services and health support is engaging for adolescents and young adults? Not sure how to adapt your approach for the needs of this age range?
Talk, Trust, Treat: Getting adolescent & young adults’ health right. Join us in Newcastle on 13 February to explore how to develop trust, manage risk and support young people’s rights.
This course is co designed & co-delivered by the AYPH North East England young trainers hub.
ayph.org.uk/training/
In late 2025 DHSC published new clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment, including a chapter on children & young people. In a new blog, AYPH Evidence & Policy Lead, Kirsty Blenkins looks at what that means for practice and adolescent health.
ayph.org.uk/supporting-y...
Young women want healthcare professionals to
• Listen to them
• Be mindful of stereotypes & power imbalances
• Believe them
• Validate their experiences & emotions
• Explain next steps & offer options
• Work with them as partners in their care
vimeo.com/1122917114
AYPH welcomes the National Youth Strategy, which recognises the growing pressures facing young people, including declining youth infrastructure & widening inequalities. We look at the strategy & the importance investing in youth services, health & young people’s voices.
ayph.org.uk/national-you...
Flyer for Chiva conference, showing two women smiling sitting at an event stand.
The 2026 Chiva conference takes place 12-13 March at Warwick University. Early bird rates on bookings available until 31 December. Abstract submissions open until 5 January. Book your place and celebrate 20 years of the Chiva conference!
www.chiva.org.uk/professional...
Illustration of a group of young people of different genders and ethnicities standing around and looking at, a giant HPV virus.
A new website from @hpruebs.bsky.social & @bristoluni.bsky.social provides information for young people, parents/carers and professionals about HPV and the HPV vaccination. The HPV Inform website includes resources for young people, FAQs, animations & films and lesson resources.
hpvinform.com
A young women's experience of healthcare is a story for health professionals - created with young women and professionals, it sets out the simple things you can do to support young women accessing health services.
vimeo.com/1122917114
In a new blog Scarlett one of the AYPH Young Ambassadors shares her views on the gap between child and adult health services, setting out how young adult care is often forgotten and that at the centre of what is important is compassion and kindness.
ayph.org.uk/where-is-the...
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Despite clear messages about the health needs of young people, adolescence & young adulthood are often neglected in health service delivery.
You can find case studies of innovations and good practice examples supporting young people's health on our website.
ayph.org.uk/innovation-a...
Data shows that only 30% of young women in Scotland report having positive experiences with healthcare professionals.
youngwomenscot.org/research-rep...
Find out what can help in our short animation: A young woman's experience of healthcare
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Two young girls and a boy sitting outdoors in nature on a sunny day. End Child Poverty logo at bottom of image. Quote from Liv, a Youth Ambassadors for the End Child Poverty Coalition, aged 22. Quote reads: "I am delighted to see the government recognise the harm caused by this policy and commit to redressing it. The decision taken to scrap the two-child limit challenges the argument - repeated too often - that come children are somehow less deserving of security and support simply because of the circumstances they were born into."
As members of the End Child Poverty Coalition we are delighted to see the government's decision to scrap the two-child limit. 350,000 children will be lifted out of poverty by this change to policy.
Are you leading research about young people’s health? Keen to take an ethical approach to your work but faced with some tricky dilemmas?
Join our online course to learn more about taking an ethical practice in participation and engagement work with young people.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-ca...
RCPCH engagement standards logo. Icons from the engagement academy. Photo of a group of smiling children giving a thumbs up. Text reads: "Just launched, RCPCH Engagement Standards. www.rcpch.ac.uk/engagement-standards"
This #WorldChildrensDay RCPCH launch their children & young people’s engagement standards. Produced by RCPCH, AYPH and children, young people and parents/carers, to help health services work with children & young people in shaping the care they receive.
www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/en...
New @who.int competency & outcomes framework for adolescent health & wellbeing. The framework sets out the competencies and behaviours needed for health workers necessary to advance universal health coverage for adolescents.
www.who.int/publications...
Want to develop skills in engaging children & young people in #ChildHealthResearch? New #CPDapproved course on 10 & 11 Dec (mornings, online) by AYPH co-delivered by young trainers. https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-careers/courses/cpd-approved-course/engaging-adolescents-young-adults-your-health
Poster: AYPH logo. Title: Innovation and good practice in adolescent health: advancing youth friendly health in the UK. Health Inequalities and Access. Youth Participation & Voice. PANELS - ‘Participation of underserved young people in North East London health and wellbeing services’. Overview: This NIHR-funded research development project* is being co-led by Community Action Redbridge and the University of Hertfordshire and hosted by NHS North East London. Developed and delivered in collaboration with a group of young advisors, the project is bringing together local young people and people working in statutory and community services to explore how young people's participation can lead to more responsive, inclusive and sustainable health and wellbeing services. Objectives: To explore how participation can best improve the health and wellbeing of under-served young people by: Bringing together young people and adults who work with them. Exploring what matters to people. Deciding what participation looks like when it’s working well and inclusively, and how we can make that happen. Co-producing an evaluation of the project with young advisors. Results: The project started in November 2024 and will be completed in February 2026. Evidence: This work will inform the future development of the North East London Integrated Care System (ICS) as well as underpinning further national research on best practice in inclusive participation of young people in integrated care systems. Logos: Community Action Redbridge, 'Funded by NIHR', NHS NE London and the University of Hertfordshire. More information: https://www.communityactionredbridge.org.uk/panels-project
Great to be part of the recent @ayph.bsky.social 'Innovation & good practice in adolescent health' event & even better to have the @nihr.bsky.social-funded PANELS project included as a case study! ayph.org.uk/innovation-a...
More info: www.communityactionredbridge.org.uk/panels-project
Read our recent blog to find out more about innovative work being carried out in youth health services to support young people's health and wellbeing.
ayph.org.uk/innovation-a...
National Youth Agency logo on white and blue background. Text reads:" Youth Work Week 2025. Building brighter futures. Safe places, trusted support and opportunities to thrive."
It's #YouthWorkWeek. Youth workers, play an essential part in young people's health services, building relationships and making services welcoming.
#YouthWorkMatters
“Treatments and interventions may be designed and tested primarily on older adults, which means they may not always be safe, effective, or appropriate for younger populations.” Kirsty Blenkins, AYPH Deputy CEO quoted in the Guardian today.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
To deliver high quality youth friendly healthcare, all staff need to be supported in what young people need & how to build trusting relationships with them. Like the developmentally appropriate approach taken by South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Acute Federation.
southyorkshire.icb.nhs.uk/news/healthc...
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To finish up Friday, here is another good practice example from our recent 'Innovations & good practice in adolescent health' event for #IAHW2025.
Public health strategies and policies can improve young people's health & wellbeing, helping young people to #ThriveInsideOut #IAHW2025
Read Alison Hadley's blog looking at the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy 25 years on:
ayph.org.uk/the-teenage-...
ONS figures show the teenage pregnancy rate has risen for the first time in 14 years. Young people want clear, non-judgmental information, easy access to confidential services & decision-makers to listen to their voices about their needs for their health & wellbeing
www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...
Blue background with multi coloured shapes. Text reads: "Innovation & good practice in adolescent health. Advancing youth friendly health in the UK."
Day 3 of #IAHW2025 and we are back with another good practice example from our event!
Successful services have supportive, opportunistic and flexible leadership who look to adapt services to meet current need, like the South Yorkshire Children & Young People's Alliance
syics.co.uk/transformati...
