Our April meeting was packed with learning and giving advice. Berni Graham held the second session of our training as interviewers in qualitative research projects. We went over what we had learned in the first session – open and closed questions, body language, and that consent can be withdrawn at any time. Then we talked […]
Some members of the Young People’s Advisory Group, Kent Surrey & Sussex attended the NHS Sussex ‘Improving Lives: Young People’s Annual Conversation’ on Saturday 1st March, in Brighton. The event included several youth groups from across the county and involved group discussions on: Access to and experiences of GP services. Moving from children’s health services […]
GOSH YPAG member Arub got involved in an opportunity to mark Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
Four members of the YPAG Kent, Surrey and Sussex attended the national NIHR event on 1st February 2025 to mark 10 years of progress of involving children, and young people in health and care research. The event was to celebrate how their contributions have shaped the design, development, and delivery of child-health research, and look ahead […]
At YPAG, we started off with a usual icebreaker to brighten up the atmosphere and kick off the session. We were then introduced to Varshie, an Orthoptist who works with Vijay. She introduced us to a new research project which we supported by giving feedback on the idea during the grant application stage. They gave […]
We started our in-person meeting with lunch – lots of pizza, garlic bread and salad! – along with some introductions. Some group members hadn’t met Lauren, the new YPAG helper yet, and we also met Helen, a researcher from the University of Cambridge. We then talked about some exciting plans that are coming up for […]
At the most recent eyeYPAG meeting, we worked together on various themes. I really enjoyed this session because we did lots of interactive activities like designing a logo for a new research study on myopia in children called COSMYC, which we have heard about in the past. It was nice to get some updates […]
At the YPAG KSS meeting in September held at the Royal Alex Children’s Hospital in Brighton, the group heard from Freya, a researcher from King’s College London, and Izzie, a Paramedic, about a study called ‘The Child CPR Study’ which aims to generate new knowledge about the experiences and needs of children and young people […]
Earlier this month, five member of our eye-YPAG, a group facilitator and three parents attended the annual summit of the international Children’s Advisory Network (iCAN) summit. The meeting was hosted by the Teddy Network (European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Research) and took place in Bari, Italy, which was attended by 99 young people, […]
This was my first eye-YPAG meeting. I came as a supporting facilitator, because Vijay, the regular facilitator, has had a baby – CONGRATULATIONS VIJAY, from the whole YPAG group! It was a great meeting! – 15 children and young people aged 5 to 16 years attended, with the youngest two dipping in and out […]
