Around 30 youth workers in hospitals are to meet at a National Youth Agency (NYA) event in Birmingham on 8 December with the aim of forming the specialist sector's first national group.
"We hope it will provide a national voice," said Richard McKie, NYA national programme manager for health.
Lack of central government funding is a key concern. Nottingham University Hospital's youth service manager Donna Hilton, said: "At the moment we get just £500 from the hospital and have to find another £30,000 a year through grant applications, fundraising and charities. What is needed is definite funding from central government."
The service won the youth work category in last week's Children and Young People's Services Awards.
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