4.8 Summary

• Making health settings child friendly is a vital part of helping to ensure that children are treated in accordance with their rights.
• Sometimes extra resources are needed but mainly it is a matter of reorganising the physical environment and changing attitudes.
• Achieving a child-friendly environment can be supported by using standards and charters.

• You can use the information in this study session to think about your own health environment and plan changes to make it more child-friendly.