BMJ  2004;328:600 (13 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7440.600-b

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Children say they are not involved enough in their treatment

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Children and teenagers are unhappy with the lack of communication they get when they are treated in the NHS and think that they are not sufficiently involved with the decision making process, a new report says.

The report, which was published by the Commission for Health Improvement last week, says that many children and teenagers felt they had the right to participate in decisions about their treatment rather than being passive recipients of care.

It was compiled from 59 separate reports from voluntary bodies and statutory organisations and is the largest ever compilation of feedback from children and teenagers about health care. All the information, comprising 700 individual pieces of feedback, is being put on a database, to which health professionals will have access.

The report gives many examples of how young people viewed their treatment. They gave descriptions such as "Nobody explained anything about going home" and "The GP . . . [Full text of this article]

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