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Disclosing the significance of their competence to the Gillick competent
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  • Published on: 30 September 2024
    Supporting young people take ownership of their healthcare
    • Mando Watson, Paediatrician Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
    • Other Contributors:
      • Arpana Soni, Paediatrician

    We applaud Wheeler's call to inform young people of their Gillick competence and help them understand its significance to them [https://adc.bmj.com/content/109/8/608]. Young people often have very little understanding of what they can and can't do with regards to their own healthcare.

    We explored this issue with young people and they developed an approach called Own It [Own it, supporting young people to take ownership of their healthcare | Connecting Care for Children (imperial.nhs.uk)], which includes a resource to help young people take ownership of their healthcare, and a parallel resource aimed at helping parents/carers 'let go'. Co-production identified a third audience - professionals - and a simple tool followed, designed to help professionals be more competent in giving young people ownership of their healthcare.

    The task now is to help professionals become inspired and motivated to change - Wheeler's thoughtful article helps us do that.

    Conflict of Interest:
    Arpana Soni co-produced the Own It resource with young people and a specialist in patient and public involvement. This was carried out within the Connecting Care for Children collaborative [https://www.cc4c.imperial.nhs.uk/] - a team that is led by Mando Watson.