Health and Social Care – The Views of Young People

Report - 5 November 2020

This project engaged with young people through the use of a survey and a series of focus groups.

The survey was hosted online but was also available as a hard copy version. The survey asked mainly multiple choice with some open text questions where respondents could expand on their answers. The focus groups were hosted by schools, colleges, youth groups and condition related support groups that work with young people. The focus groups made use of participatory methods in order to allow a range of young people to take part in the group without having to be confident speaking within a group.

The survey and focus groups were chosen to be used together as a survey offers an opportunity to reach a large number of respondents, whilst the focus groups provide an opportunity to gather more in-depth feedback.

The approach was taken to approach venue’s young people regularly attend to attempt to speak to as diverse range of young people as possible within the time frame. Several venues were identified who had young people who were open to speak about their experiences. Some venues were chosen to ensure under-represented individuals and those with wider experiences with health and social care services such as Young Carers and Children Looked After could be heard.

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