It’s not often that one of our colleagues is presenting straight after Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting – but that’s what happened at this year’s NHS Confederation Expo at Manchester Central last week.
Our Youth Voice and Engagement Manager, Harriet Peach, spoke at the UK’s leading health and care conference, where more than 5,000 leaders, professionals and partners from across the health and care sector came to collaborate and share insights.
Harriet was delivering a session alongside Becca Randell, Mental Health Lead at Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex and Sophie Copley, CPO and Co-founder, Little Journey.
Harriet said: “Our session focused on best practice for co-designing innovations to support children and young people. They are often missed when innovators develop and design their solutions. And innovators have told us they don’t always know how to engage with these audiences.”
The presentation included a free checklist featuring a step-by-step guide to working with young people. They also showed videos from young people sharing insights and case studies from organisations who have engaged with children and young people.
While at the conference, Harriet also enjoyed having a look around. “There were a lot more of the third sector represented than in previous years.
“An interesting highlight for me was the robotics being used for surgery.”
