Royal honour for CAMHS Patient Experience Lead driving children's rights in North Wales
20/05/2025
Jane Berry, Patient Experience Lead for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), was recognised for the work in championing the rights of children and young people across health services in North Wales with an invitation to attend the King’s Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
Jane recently attended the Garden Party with her husband after being nominated by one of her colleagues. The annual Garden Parties are an important way for members of the Royal Family to speak to a broad range of people who have made a positive impact in their local community.
Jane said: “It was such a surprise to be nominated to attend the Garden Party this year. I was honoured to be able to champion the work we have achieved in bringing forward children’s rights in our organisation and represent an army of dedicated and passionate leaders working in Child Health Services.
“I initially sent the email invitation to our cyber security team just in case it wasn’t real. It was after I did further research and called up that I realised it was a genuine invitation – I was in complete disbelief.”
Jane had the opportunity to meet and speak with Princess Anne, sharing the Health Board’s mission to implement children’s rights into health services.
She said: “I was delighted to have the opportunity to speak to Princess Anne to explain the work around the Children’s Rights Charter. Over the past three years, Child Health Services have been working tirelessly with partners, children and young people to listen and learn from our communities to understand what matters to them so we can truly embed a children’s rights-based approach in our health services.”
The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Children’s Charter, based on the United Nations Convention Rights of the Child, is a set of standards that was endorsed by its Board Members in September 2024, to make sure children and young people of North Wales are treated fairly and have a voice on matters that are important to them.
CAMHS led on the development of the charter and held large scale events engaging with around 2,400 children and young people who helped create a ‘recipe book’, which provides knowledge and insight into what matters to young people, and to support organisations across North Wales in creating their own promises of standards and values for the children and young people accessing services and supporting future generations.
Angela Wood, Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery, said: “We are immensely proud that Jane has received recognition for her ground breaking work alongside the CAMHS team in developing the Children's Charter. Their innovative and forward-thinking approach has had a lasting impact, strengthening children and young people’s rights in health services across North Wales.”