Youth service supports new charity for adolescents

Mon, 16 Mar 2015

The youth service will assist a Manx charity looking to close the gap between child and adult health services.

A new charity launched on the Island last week to help adolescents with complex, chronic and life threatening medical conditions.

Bridge the Gap wants to boost youth worker support and the create of a dedicated adolescent unit.

Recently, the charity sent youth officer Voirrey Kennaugh to a conference in the UK to find out how the service can improve the quality of life of patients.

She says it has had an effect: