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Exploring Skin Tone on MyGOSH- recognising and recording signs of illness

We’d love you to join us to explore MyGOSH can better capture the ways you notice changes in  your child’s skin tone or appearance. Parents and carers often spot early signs of illness long before anyone else, and your everyday language is incredibly valuable in helping clinical teams understand what “normal” looks like for your child.

This session is part of a wider GOSH Quality Improvement (QI) project. The Skin Tone QI project focuses on improving how staff recognise and record changes in a child’s appearance—particularly for children with brown or black skin tones, where signs of deterioration can be harder to detect using traditional, visually based assessments. This work aims to ensure that all children receive equitable and timely care.

In this session, we’ll explore what the project has implemented so far, and we will work together to shape MyGOSH questions that feel natural and meaningful for families. Your ideas will help us create clearer, more inclusive ways for staff to recognise changes—so children can get the right care as quickly as possible.

Who can join this workshop?

We are particularly keen to hear from families with brown or black skin tones, as their voices have been previously underrepresented in this work.

This workshop is for parents and carers. 

I want to take part! How do I sign up?

Existing members

If you’re already a GOSH Voice member, great!

To register for this activity:

Step 1:  Make sure you are logged into your MyImpact account. If you’re not already signed in, you can sign in here.

Step 2: Click ‘Sign Up’ on this event!

New members

If you’re not already a GOSH Voice member, you first need to sign up to be a member of GOSH Voice.

Please click here or the 'Fill in an application' button to get started. 

We'll ask you a few questions to get to know more about you, and the type of projects you're interested in. Once we've approved your application you'll be able to sign up to the opportunities you'd like to take part in.

We try and approve all applications as quickly as we can. If you're under 16, we'll need your parent/carer to complete a consent form so we know they're happy for you to take part.

Once we have approved your application you will be able to log in, and sign up to this activity.

Questions? 

If you have any questions, or need help signing up, please email GOSHVoice@gosh.nhs.uk