Long term health conditions (young people)

David is a university graduate. He was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis when he was just two years old. Lives at home with parents and sisters. He drives a specially fitted car and enjoys his independence. Ethnic background/nationality: British.

Rollo is a university student and has been living with ME/CFS since the age of fifteen. During term-time he lives in a shared household with other students but he regularly goes back home to see his parents. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.

Martin lives with his mother and sister and plans to go to university next year. Martin feels that hospitals should build wards for young people. Ethnic background/nationality: African.