Action for Sick Children
(Scotland)
Helping sick children and young people meet their healthcare needs in partnership with parents, carers and professionals
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Action for Sick Children is the only charity in Scotland dedicated to representing, promoting and safeguarding the interests of all sick children, young people and their families.
LATEST NEWS...
Our Big Lottery Project Resource Pack will be launched at a workshop held on the 19 June 2008 from 11 am to 12.30 pm at the SECC in Glasgow. The pack can be used by staff working with children and young people from early years to Secondary 6 and will help them to understand their healthcare rights and responsibilities. You are very welcome to attend and can book a place online at www.gatherscotland.org.uk
Hope to see you there!
Click publications on the menu bar to read our Spring/Summer 2008 Newsletter and find out what's happening in Action for Sick Children (Scotland).
We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest Family Facilities Survey. Since 1985 we have regularly surveyed the hospitals in Scotland which admit children, to see what progress has been made in accommodating the needs of sick children, young people and their families. The latest survey, supported by the Scottish Executive, has looked at the basic principles of good paediatric care. Click reports on publications page to read this.
Our newest leaflet about Preparing Your Child for Dental Treatme can read in our leaflets section on the Publications page.
We've also recently published our Report on a 2007 Survey in Tayside on the Impact of Caring for a Sick Child. Please click reports on publications page to read this.
The charity is involved in the following activities:
- Informing young people, parents and carers of their rights and responsibilities and empowering them to participate in decisions about the treatment and care of their child.
- Working with others to ensure that health services are planned for sick children and young people in child-centred environments with appropriate ratios of trained staff.
- Promoting high quality of health care services at home and in hospital, while working to obtain equality of services and access across Scotland .
- Raising awareness and representing children’s needs and concerns within Government, Healthcare committees and other Non-Governmental Organisations.
- Applying for and obtaining funding to influence the development of innovative services and policies for children’s health care, and encouraging the evaluation of their outcomes and subsequent implementations.
- Surveying, at appropriate intervals, the services for sick children and young people in hospitals and the community through a questionnaire to health care staff.
- Working to provide a network of Action for Sick Children staff across Scotland to ensure local implementation of policies for sick children, providing a link to consult with parents and carers.
- Encouraging the use of evidence based practice to improve services for children and young people.
- Offering parents and carers current information in printed or web format outlining where to access advice and support when their child is ill, as well as what they should expect from health service providers.
- Working with colleagues within professional education to influence the teaching, learning and practice of all staff who care for children and young people to ensure that they are effectively prepared to deliver high standards of practice consistently.
- Ensuring that the needs of young people during their contact with health care are addressed and that young people are actively involved at all stages of the process.
- Working with health professionals at all levels to ensure that the specific needs of adolescents prior to and during their transition from paediatric, adolescent, adult services are addressed and that services to ensure a seamless process of transition are implemented across Scotland .
- Collaborating with other relevant voluntary organisations to highlight any gaps in health services, in order to provide joined up approaches and continuity of care for children and young people.
Action for Sick Children (Scotland) is the campaigning name for NAWCH (Scotland)
Company limited by guarantee. Registered in Scotland No. 100114 A Charity recognised by the Inland Revenue SC006016