This briefing discusses how the National Youth Agency’s Hear by Right standards framework can help ensure legal compliance and best practice on the safe, sound and sustainable participation of children and young people in health settings. It is aimed at trustees and strategic leads across health services and their partners including Strategic Health Authorities, PCTs, NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts. It indicates how health services can meet statutory guidance and explores how to use the Hear by Right standards framework at strategic and operational levels across partnerships and departments.