It’s always sad around this time of year to hear about the growing problem of loneliness amongst the elderly, however, it’s also a major issue for young people within modern society. At Dame Kelly Holmes Trust (which is a national charity that uses world class athletes to transform the lives of young people facing disadvantage […]
At One Young World this year, we are hosting a session on the role young people can play in helping to set the health policy agenda. As a young person, I think this session is so very important. Growing up, I often felt like I could not change the policies that affected my health. I […]
The Youth Health Parliament is a group of young professionals who have been selected to debate and formulate new ideas within 5 health related categories. The mental health subgroup is known as the Mental Wealth Initiative. We are a group of 7 individuals from a variety of professional backgrounds who first met in March 2016. […]
Imagine a room full of passionate, talented young professionals with a desire to help build a fair, sustainable and highly innovative NHS in the UK. This is what the Youth Health Parliament was designed to achieve. Doctors and nurses, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, medical students and academics all responded to a call for 50 young people, […]
SHO medic Omar Hafeez-Bore is director/producer and founder of Short Sharp Productions. His honest, chatty one-minute films capture the thoughts and opinions of young UK doctors and nurses. […]
Teenagers need to adapt to changes in their bodies and emotions as they go through puberty. As a GP working in family health for the last 16 years, I often have to talk to parents and their offspring about the key health issues to affect boys and girls as they grow up. Acne vulgaris This […]
Young people’s mental health services are at crisis point. GPs are having to cope with the consequences of our failure to focus on prevention, and a lack of access to specialist services. We may not be able to change the world we have created for our young people, but we need to take action to ensure that help is […]