This page provides links to GIRFT specialties and projects within which strands of their work focus on services for Children and Young People (CYP). 

Children and young people represent a third of our country and their wellbeing will determine our future. NHS England has established a Children and Young People Transformation Programme, bringing together key partners and programmes, including GIRFT, responsible for the delivery of the commitments in the Long Term plan.

The GIRFT programme has more than 40 workstreams reviewing clinical specialties and many of these findings will be relevant to children and young people too. 6 of these workstreams are specifically focused on CYP (see box below).

For further information or to contact workstreams within the portfolio please email Mandy Foster, GIRFT Head of Specialist implementation for CYP, at amandafoster1@nhs.net. 

GIRFT Clinical Leads, Advisors and Fellows working within the CYP portfolio include:

• Professor Simon Kenny: Clinical Lead for Paediatric Surgery and Urology and SRO for CYP. National Clinical Director for Children and Young People.
• Dr Ronny Cheung: National paediatric advisor.
• Dr Yasmin Moore: GIRFT Clinical Fellow.
• Dr Fulya Mehta: Clinical Lead for Children and Young Adults living with Diabetes.
• Dr Johnny Downs: Clinical Lead for Mental Health – Children and Young People’s services.
• Professor Kevin Morris: Clinical Lead for Paediatric Critical Care.
• Dr Gavin Cleary: Joint Clinical Lead for Paediatric Rheumatology.
• Dr Flora McErlane: Joint Clinical Lead for Paediatric Rheumatology.
• Mr James Hunter: Clinical Lead for Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Miss Sujata (Su) De: GIRFT paediatric ENT clinical lead
• Dr Holan Liang: Former Clinical Lead for Mental Health – Children & Young People’s Neurodevelopmental Services