g stock, children’s services should not act as trustee for young residents of local authority property. 97 Appendix D Good practice promoting care leavers’ health and wellbeing D.1 Each young person’s pathway plan must take account of the assessed health needs of the young person and set out clearly how these are to be met. Particular attention must be given to their need for support in taking responsibility for his/her own health and in accessing appropriate services, including information and advice. D.2 A healthy lifestyle also requires that proper attention is given to social, recreational and sports activities. D.3 Multi-agency approaches are particularly crucial for care leavers as health needs cannot be separated from wider needs. There is an important health promotion and health advisory role for the health services in supporting care leavers in registering with a GP and accessing a dentist as they are expected to become more independent. The young person’s PA will have a key role in supporting care leavers to be registered with the health services. D.4 Young care leavers value supportive and friendly health professionals want to remain with the same GP and like young people’s clinics. It is important that services are accessible and ‘user friendly’ to young people. Over use of Accident and Emergency Departments can result from young people not knowing how to make appointments. D.5 Care leavers consistently take a holistic view of health when asked about their views on what helps them to be healthy and what impacts adversely. The five most important factors cited in one study39 were: • Feelings about life • Housing • Close personal relationships • Care experience • Depression D.6 Mentoring may offer an important experience for care leavers who value it for helpi