Updates
NPSA Expert Advisory Group for infant children and young
people's safety issues
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) invites College
members to join a new Expert Advisory Group (EAG) to advise on
emerging infant, children and young people's safety issues.
The EAG - made up of clinicians in child health - will advise
the NPSA on emerging safety issues identified through the National
Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and other sources, such as
coroners' reports, case studies, and specialty / special interest
groups.
As an EAG member, NPSA will email you about once a month to
invite your comments on patient safety issues in your specialty
areas.
To join the EAG, or to find out more information, please
email Jenny Mooney
at NPSA.
NPSA work in paediatrics and child
health
NPSA work in neonatal care
RCPCH receives formal accreditation for development of
guidelines
We are pleased to announce that the process for
guidelines developed by the
Clinical Standards team of the RCPCH Science and Research
Department has been formally approved through the
NHS Evidence Accreditation
Scheme.
See the NHS Evidence press release - 3
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Decreased consciousness multi-site
audit
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child
Health in partnership with the National Reyes Syndrome Foundation
will launch the DeCon
Multi-site Audit in November 2010. To obtain the audit's
newletters and updates
register your
interest. Registration is open to everyone.
Epilepsy 12 national audit
Start
dates have been announced.
Cinical audit handbook for physicians
Local clinical audit: handbook for
physicians has been launched by HQIP.
Health Foundation Shine Challenge
The
Health Foundation's Shine challenge 2011 is
calling for proposals to find new approaches to delivering
healthcare that reduce the need for acute hospital care.
Recently endorsed guidelines
Guidelines
on Management of
Diabetes, Management of
Obesity and Management of
Sore Throat and Indications for Tonsillectomy
have recently been endorsed by RCPCH.
Appraised Guidelines
The College's Clinical Standards team and
Clinical Standards Committee appraise national and regional
guidelines relevant to paediatric care. Evidence based guidelines
that meet the College's standards are endorsed. The College is
currently reviewing the following guidelines (updated
13 August):
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NICE Alcohol Use Disorders: Diagnosis
and Clinical Management of Alcohol Related Physical
Complications
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British Association of Sexual Health and
HIV: Management of STIs in Children
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Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists: Management of HIV in Pregnancy
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NICE Neonatal Jaundice
To find out more about our guideline
appraisal process, and to see all guidelines endorsed by the
College, please visit our appraised guidelines page.
Current Consultations
The College is currently consulting on the following clinical
guidelines and other pieces of guidance (updated 20
August):
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NICE Food Allergy in Children
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NICE Headaches in Young People and
Adults
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NICE Psychosis with Substance
Misuse
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NICE Skin Cancer Prevention:
Information, Resources and Environmental Changes
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NICE Testing for Hepatitis B and
C
To find out more details about our current
consultations, please visit our
Get
involved page (member login required).
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