About the group

YPAG KSS has been funded initially for one year by a local Sussex based charity called Rockinghorse.

We meet on Saturdays 10-12pm every 2 months at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton.

We have a membership list of about 25 C&YP aged 8 -18rs with average attendance at the Saturday meetings of about 12-15 C&YP.

We also run a parallel Parent & Carers group who meet in a separate room at the same time and provide input on the same projects presented to the C&YP.

Recent activities

Launch of the YPAG KSS in Nov. 2017 featured in NIHR PPI news.

Update on launch and January meeting:

INVOLVE Summer 2017 newsletter (as part of the RDSSE/INVOLVE Partnership event)

Article in the RDSSE Spring/Summer 2018 newsletter (pp6-7):

We have a poster which we are just updating in time for the Brighton Science Festival Oct 2018 – I can forward in due course.

The C&YP have developed a ‘Top Tips’ for researchers who come to present to the group – can be forwarded.

Meetings

*20th October as part of the Brighton Science Festival*

17th November 2018 – celebrating 1st year!

January 2019 (date tbc)

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Latest from YPAG Kent, Surrey & Sussex (KSS)

Kent, Surrey & Sussex YPAG meeting – Saturday 22nd November

The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) group met on Saturday 22nd November at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. They heard a presentation by Dr. Ian Male , a Consultant Paediatrician at SCFT, on a Neurodevelopment Pathway project.  The project is proposing to look at which neurodevelopmental assessment pathways improve […]

Updated YPAG KSS poster for researchers

The YPAG KSS have updated their poster providing information about the group to researchers. The children and young people workshopped ideas resulting in this new design, which they hope will encourage paediatric health and social care researchers to get in touch.

At the YPAG KSS meeting in June held at the Royal Alex Children’s Hospital in Brighton, the group heard from Sharon, a Paediatric Research Nurse from University Hospitals Sussex, whose project is looking at improving care for Children and Young People admitted to hospital with Mental Health Issues. Increasing numbers of children and young people […]