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Is ‘It Could Be Worse’ really the best we can do?
30th June 2016
Is ‘It Could Be Worse’ really the best we can do? It is one of those phrases that has become commonplace, a saying that anyone who has experienced suffering or disappointment has probably heard countless times. It just rolls of the tongue- “It could be worse”. Becoming complacent about such a seemingly harmless phrase is…
AWARDS – Me first is a double winner
29th April 2016
Me first, the Health Education England (HEE) sponsored project dedicated to improving communication between children, young people and healthcare professionals, took home the double at the recent Patient Experience Network (PEN) National Awards in Birmingham. The PEN awards are the first and only national awards programme that recognises best practice in patient experience in all…
How Me first enhanced TB clinics for CYP
14th March 2016
“All London TB Extended Contact Tracing Team (LTBEx) nurses attended the Me first children and young people centred communication training and it opened our eyes to as to how we could improve our communication with the children that we saw. In our work we would see children and young people of all ages, we would…
National Voices
24th February 2016
WOW community blog drafted by Sarah Best – Visit website The Me first project aims to put children and young people at the centre of the conversations about their health and healthcare. Children and young people say that good communication is more than eye contact or body language. It is about involving them in choices…
Talking About Rights
26th January 2016
Hi, I’m Amy and I have a long term health condition called Vocal Cord Dysfunction. As a young person, I struggled with a lot of the issues tackled in this report – like not being able to achieve at school due to time spent in hospital, feeling the odd one out in PE lessons and…
What is Communication? Such a sepulchral word…..
2nd December 2015
The given definition of communication is this: the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. (Source: Oxford Dictionary of English) Just words and body language right? It is something that is natural to us all, we communicate everyday – for some of us it is the…
Addressing the Health Literacy needs of children and young people…
26th October 2015
‘Why … Why …Why’..?!’ It’s a plea many of us are all too familiar with, that pursuit for information, a thirst for knowledge from young children ….even those children who are non-verbal seek understanding, explanations, a curiosity in their eyes often matched with an earnestness and whilst young people may be hesitant in coming forward…
Specialised Play and Activities – Guest blog
18th September 2015
As Health Care Providers (HCPs) we strive to enhance and support C&YP during any health and clinical input. We do this in a positive, honest way and with a willingness to learn. It is within our capabilities to promote active involvement in health and care, as well as improve emotional and well-being services, feedback and collaboration between…
Empowering, motivating – differences communication with Me first model can make
4th August 2015
Everyone communicates in some way or form. No matter how big or small the gesture is to move forward, the communication needs to be reciprocated – it is this part where we know that someone is listening to us and that they care. Children and young people specifically, are at a time in their life…
Do we really listen to children and young people in health care?
22nd July 2015
Thank you Gill Phillips of Whose Shoes? for this wonderful cross-post from her blog. I love it when I find the right partners. We see the opportunity to do something imaginative together and we just get on and do it. ‘JFDI’ It is one of the biggest advantages of being a small organisation. And so…