How to influence policy
The involvement of children, young people and families in national and local policy is a major driver for quality improvements. Guidance on how to make this involvement real and examples of where this is happening are available from the RCN and many of the organisations listed in the links section.
You can make a difference by becoming an RCN activist or by joining one of the forums.
In keeping with the national agenda for children and young people and arising from the NHS Plan (Department of Health (DH) 2000) which puts patients at the centre of health care, The Children and Young People’s Field of Practice, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), has recently developed a Patient and Public Involvement strategy.