Earlier this year, medical journal The Lancet reviewed the progress of adolescent health services in the intervening period and concluded that not much had improved. Young people still have to access healthcare that is focused primarily at very young children in paediatric departments or attend less than youth-friendly doctors' surgeries.
However, after running one of the first young people's clinics six years ago and after setting up the first accident and emergency department specifically for young people, I am convinced that youth workers have a huge role to play in the health of adolescents. In fact, if they don't it will be an opportunity missed.
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