Adolescent Health

The Adolescent Health Community is a virtual network of individuals with an interest in this area of practice.

The purpose is to promote the care, mental and physical well being of adolescents by:

• maintaining a body of expertise as a resource for the profession
• providing peer support
• continuing education
• facilitating a dialogue between the Royal College of Nursing and  members for the purpose of consultation and working on pertinent child health issues of the day.

Our objectives:

• To continue to actively maintain our community and its function
• To promote a high standard of care for adolescent patients
• To raise the profile of adolescent nursing

Resources:

• Association for Young People’s Health (2021) Key data on young people
• Adolescent Health project – Useful e learning about all aspects of adolescent health supported by the Royal Colleges.
• Royal College of Nursing (2013) Adolescence Boundaries and Connections – An RCN guide for working with young people

To get involved please contact the community lead, Nina Heighington nina.heighington@nhs.net