Young people's health and emotional wellbeing report
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Healthwatch Worcestershire carried out a survey, to provide young people’s feedback and recommendations for improvements to local services, and to inform the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing Transformation Plan and Worcestershire’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 –2032.
The survey was promoted to young people aged 13 to 19, between 29th November 2021 and 31st January 2022.148 young people shared their feedback and experiences on:
- Covid-19 – having Covid, Covid vaccinations and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their learning, socialising, family lives, emotional wellbeing, physical health and screen time.
- Information about health and emotional wellbeing –where young people look for information, what information they would like and what online information for young people should look like.
- Support for emotional wellbeing –if young people feel they have someone to talk to and the types of support they want to access.
- Digital access to health care and emotional wellbeing support –how easy they find it to use online services and discuss health and wellbeing issues via phone or video call.
- Experiences of support services accessed in the last 12 months.
Healthwatch Worcestershire made a number of recommendations in this report.