Children and young people who have been seriously ill and cared for at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford have been given the chance to say what they think of the treatment they received.

Some of the children who took part in the Eye View project at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital

A group of 13 children addressed nurses, doctors, parents, and carers at the hospital on Tuesday night as part of the Eye View project, organised by Oxfordshire Children's Fund and the JR's Oxfordshire Hospital School.

All the young people involved, who had either been treated in intensive care themselves or had a sibling taken into hospital, spent a week together during the summer sharing their experiences of hospital.

The DVD produced from the workshop was shown to about 100 hospital staff this week, and it is hoped it will be shown to healthcare professionals at other hospitals in the future.

Alison Partridge, project manager for the Oxfordshire Children's Fund, said hospitals and health authorities in other parts of the country had already expressed an interest in establishing links.

There has also been talk of setting up a youth panel, which could have an input into what Oxford's new children's hospital might work.

Ms Partridge said the DVD was to show senior nurses and doctors what children had to say about their treatment.

She said: "Adults very often assume they know what children want and they don't. We all need to get better at listening and respecting their views.

"As adults we think things are OK when in fact they're not -- like talking to the parents and not to the children is really important, because it is their bodies and their business," she said.

Rowan Price and Jake Spicer, both 11, said talking about their shared experiences had really helped them.

The DVD also showed a hard-hitting play the children had written about two nurses being too busy gossiping to do their job properly.