NHS Lothian believes that every child should have the best start in life and grow up healthy, confident and resilient. In 2013, NHS Lothian published a draft strategy for improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the four local authorities across the Lothians. This strategy set out a clear vision, principles and approach for how NHS Lothian will work with children and young people, their families, the public, the voluntary sector and local authorities to improve the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Creating a toolkit to use with NHS Lothian groups of children and young people, Children’s Parliament facilitated three consultation sessions with 24 children and young people aged 9 to 16 in East Lothian, Midlothian and the City of Edinburgh. This ensured children’s feedback was incorporated and included in practitioner training.
Using the consultation toolkit, practitioners were then able to engage with over 350 children and young people across the Lothians, so that their views and experiences could help shape NHS Lothian’s strategy for improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Read our report and download our key messages poster below:
The full practitioner toolkit is available below:
Facilitator Support Notes
Session 1 – UNCRC
Session 2 – HWB and Life Stages
Session 3 – Experiences of NHS services
Session 4 – Qualities of NHS staff
NHS Lothian Consultation Evaluation
Need – Want Cards
Life stages cards
Agree-Disagree Scale
NHS Staff template 1
NHS Staff template 2