Currently, people aged 16 or over are entitled to consent to their own treatment and can make decisions on treatments without parental involvement. This can only be overruled in exceptional circumstances. I would like this age raised to 18 or at least give parent and children joint control.

Like adults, young people (aged 16/17) are presumed to have sufficient capacity to decide on their own medical treatment, unless there's significant evidence to suggest otherwise. However, I believe that this could be too much pressure on the young person given the pressures that are already on them, including GCSEs & leaving school. Young people that have additional medical issues may find it extremely difficult to take over control of prescriptions and appointments on top of these pressures