How was your child's hospital care? | News

At Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust we believe providing high-quality hospital care for each person is fundamentally important. Therefore, we are excited to announce that in July 2026, the NHS is launching a major survey on children and young people’s experiences of being in hospital.

If your child is up to 15 years old and was in hospital in March, April or May 2026, you and your child could be invited to give your feedback on the quality of care and treatment. If you are invited to take part, you will be sent a letter with details explaining how to participate. 

The survey can be completed online or as a paper questionnaire. If you prefer to complete the survey on paper, a paper questionnaire will be sent a few weeks after we first get in touch. You might also receive a text message reminder, inviting you to complete the survey online. 

The survey is carried out by the Care Quality Commission and a dedicated Survey Coordination Centre at Picker. Participation will not affect your care or treatment. Your responses are not shared with our staff and will be kept confidential by the research team.

The results will be published in the spring of 2027 and will be used to assess NHS trusts in England. What we learn will enable us to identify key priorities, aiding our mission to provide the very best hospital care and treatment for you and our community.

If you are invited to take part, please know your valuable feedback will help us improve the quality of care and enhance the experience for all our patients.

This survey has section 251 support (NHS Act 2006) to obtain and use contact information. For more information on section 251 approval and what it means, please see the FAQs page on the NHS Patient Surveys website:  https://nhssurveys.org/received-a-questionnaire .

For more information about the survey, please visit: www.cqc.org.uk/publications/surveys/cyp .