Marian Davis's interest in adolescent health was sparked when she wasasked to give sex education lessons at a local school. Davis, a GPworking in Herefordshire, quickly realised adolescents were not gettingthe health services they needed. For instance, because Herefordshire isa rural area, local young people were unable to get confidential adviceand treatment as many needed their parents to drive them to their GP'ssurgery.
Davis believed something should, and could, be done to solve the problemand 10 years ago she started to run a drop-in service for young peopleaged 12 to 18 who were patients at her practice. Young people wereinvited in for an introductory talk and were then able to attend aweekly drop-in clinic.
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