Trying to be heard

A paper from the NHS Confederation and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health considers options for involving children and young people in decisions about health and wellbeing services. Looking back at survey data since 2000, it seems that "the voice of under 16s is not included in most national surveys". A study based on experience at Sheffield Children's Foundation Trust assesses effective surveys to measure patient experience amongst children and young people. Meanwhile, Penny Woods from the Picker Institute explains in Pulse how this survey forms the basis for the Children's Patient Experience Questionnaire, from which the new Outcomes Framework indicator on young people's experience of care.