I spoke at the Children’s Mental Health Conference, Glasgow. The main thrust of my input was to highlight the importance of early years, but to also flag up the growing awareness of the neurological development in the adolescent young person and how we can learn from this to improve our response to this age group. We have some way to go to develop the same evidence base as for the early years, although it is an important area meriting increased attention.
I was delighted to be asked to speak at the launch of the Hunter Foundation/ STV initiative on tacking child poverty. This will involve six national charities working alongside the initiative, developing local based responses to children and young people living in poverty.