"Health services in my area are fairly good, except for my local GP's surgery; it is very hard to get an appointment. Posters advertise different things available for teenagers to attend, and I think we are taken seriously"
Megan Blunt, 14, Billericay, Essex
"I had cancer and no-one had written anything for my age about cancer and hospital stays, so I started writing my book, Chemotherapy, Cakes and Cancer, for young people. The hospital I was in did its best to keep us happy. But the playroom closed at the weekends so there was nothing to do then. It would be nice if a youth worker went to the hospitals to work with us"
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