What you Saying?

News - 7 December 2023

Our local NHS wants to hear from children and young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Children and young people aged 11 to 25 living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, are being encouraged to have a say on their experience of health services.

The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board (LLR ICB), working with partners, wants to hear from as many of the 222,000 young people in the area as possible, as well as from families of 11 to 25-year-olds and from staff providing health care services for this age group.

The information collected help to identify aspects of care which are good and areas where improvements are needed.

Imad Ahmed, Clinical Lead for Children and Young People’s Health for the LLR ICB, said: “When it comes to making improvements, we need to plan this together with young people, as they are the experts in terms of how it feels to access services.. If we can support young people better, we can hopefully support them to have healthy fulfilling lives.”

If you are between 11 and 25, please have your voice heard and share amongst your friends – you can help to shape young people’s health services for the future.

The survey is open until Sunday 3 March 2024.

Complete the survey

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