YPAG Kent, Surrey & Sussex

NHS Sussex: Improving Lives Together event

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 […]

Making Connections: Children’s Involvement in Research National Event

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 […]

The Child CPR Study

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 […]

YPAG KSS May 2024 Meeting

At the YPAG KSS meeting in May held at the Royal Alex Children’s Hospital in Brighton, we were delighted to welcome some new members. The group had a presentation from Gill Middleditch a MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Community Paediatrics, based at Kent Community NHS Foundation Trust. Gill is working on a project looking at […]

YPAG KSS 6th Anniversary Celebration

The group recently celebrated their 6th anniversary with an art-based workshop led by Sofie Layton.     Sofie has worked as an artist for over 30 years. Sophie’s work includes an art installation at Evelina Children’s Hospital, a residency at Great Ormond Street Hospital and she has worked with the Eye-YPAG based at Moorfields Eye […]

What it’s like being a member of YPAG KSS – by Catherine

I have been fortunate to attend the Kent, Surrey and Sussex NIHR YPAG in Brighton for almost two years. The group is a fantastically friendly forum which meets each month either online or in person at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton. It is enormously uplifting to take part in sessions, and to come […]

Updated YPAG KSS poster

Check out the updated poster from the Kent, Surrey and Sussex  Young People’s Advisory Group. We are looking forward to our next meeting on 18th November. We have two researchers presenting and look forward to hearing about their projects.    

Revamping Research with Young People’s Advisory Group Kent, Surrey & Sussex

This stop frame animation was made during a workshop to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Young People’s Advisory Group Kent, Surrey & Sussex, and highlights some top tips for researchers.  

YPAG KSS – Successful first Zoom meeting

First Zoom-YPAG KSS Meeting Successfully held on June 6th .

Celebrating Two Years of the Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG) Kent, Surrey & Sussex

How time has flown!  It only seems like yesterday that we were celebrating the first anniversary of YPAG KSS and now a year on and with more research projects under our belts, 13 children and young people, 8 parents and carers and 6 YPAG facilitators gathered together on February 1st 2020 to celebrate another successful […]