Sheila Youngson obituary

My friend and colleague Sheila Youngson, who has died aged 65 from a stroke, was a clinical psychologist in the NHS from 1981, focusing on children and young people.

Her final clinical post, from 1998 to 2010, was as consultant clinical psychologist at St James' hospital, in Leeds, where she was based at the paediatric renal unit. Within the medicalised environment of the hospital, she worked with persistence and sensitivity to introduce her child-centred approach to the emotional needs of the young patients.