Northern Ireland

Members working in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are represented at College Council by the Officer for Ireland - find out useful contacts and activity on your College region's web page

Document

Consultant delivered care - an evaluation of new ways of working in paediatrics (2012)

This report concludes that children would receive better care if they had 24/7 access to a consultant or equivalent senior doctor. This module is recommended in our Facing the Future service standards.

Service design

Facing the Future - acute general paediatric services

Workforce

Resource

Ulster Paediatric Society

A paediatric medical society based in Northern Ireland, with full membership open to all paediatric medical practitioners.

Resource

OPEN UK (Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks in the UK)

OPEN UK is a clinical network connecting NHS Health Boards and Trusts that provide care for children with epilepsies with regional epilepsy networks and a UK Working Group.

General paediatrics

Neurology

Epilepsy

Clinical guidelines and standards

Networks for health services

Resource

Female genital mutilation (FGM) - resources

FGM is a collective term for a range of procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM, and taking a child abroad for the purpose of FGM, is child abuse. It is illegal in the UK and is a vio...

BPSU

Safeguarding