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Bridging the gap: Co-designing local inclusive gender and adolescent health services

Time slot
Tuesday 12 May 2026 - 10:45-12:00
Room
Hall 10B
Session type
Workshop

About this workshop

Gender-diverse young people face significant barriers to accessing timely, equitable care. This interactive workshop explores innovative, co-designed approaches to improve adolescent health services, drawing on evidence from a new regional gender service and wider adolescent care pathways. Participants will hear directly from paediatricians in the service, engage in scenario-based exercises, and develop practical strategies for embedding co-production and holistic care models. The session challenges traditional specialist-only approaches by demonstrating how all paediatricians in secondary care can support gender-diverse and complex-needs adolescents locally, reducing waiting times and inequalities. Join us to shape the future of inclusive adolescent healthcare.

Speakers

  • Dr Joanna Begent - Consultant Paediatrician, GOSH/ UCLH
  • Dr Michael Absoud - Consultant Paediatrician, GSTT/GOSH
  • Dr Juliet Dick - Consultant Paediatrician, GOSH/ UCLH
Health service delivery, management, patient safety, QI, EDI, prescribing and technology