Listening and responding? Children's participation in health care within England

Listening and responding? Children's participation in health care within England ANITA FRANKLIN AND PATRICIA SLOPER Social Policy Research Unit, University of York Introduction This article examines recent health policy developments in England in relation to children's rights under Article 12 and 13 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It draws on practice and research litera- ture to explore evidence regarding: children's participation both within deci- sions about their own care and concerning the development of health services, their access to mechanisms that allow them a voice, the provision of and need for accessible information,