RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Fifteen-minute consultation: Guide to communicating with children and young people JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP edpract-2021-323302 DO 10.1136/archdischild-2021-323302 A1 Gail Davison A1 Richard Conn A1 Martina Ann Kelly A1 Andrew Thompson A1 Tim Dornan YR 2021 UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2021/12/01/archdischild-2021-323302.abstract AB This article suggests communicative steps and strategies to help healthcare professionals achieve the ideals of child-centred care, which place children and young people at the centre of policy and practice. For those with 15 s, not 15 min, our suggestions can be summarised like this: help children be active agents in their own care by asking, listening well, being curious and explaining things clearly in an accessible but not condescending way.