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Paediatricians warn parents to be alert to signs of eating disorders over holidays
28 December 2020
Paediatricians have seen a huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders in this age group, with some reporting a doubling, tripling or even quadrupling of cases compared with the same period last year.
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Young people win a national award for epilepsy quality improvement
27 November 2020
The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been selected as joint winners in the HQIP Audit Heroes Awards 2020 in the Volunteer of the Year Category, recognising their hard work to support improvements in epilepsy care.
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NPDA – The experiences of parents and patients
23 November 2020
Clinical Lead for the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) Dr Justin Warner introduces us to the Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREM) report. This is their first report looking at over 13,000 responses from surveys completed by children and young people with diabetes, as well ...
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Keeping paediatric diabetes on the radar - how our Diabetes Quality Programme is delivering activities during COVID-19
19 November 2020
We’ve made innovative adaptations to keep Paediatric diabetes on the radar during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve care and outcomes.
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Children and young people tell us about the “best doctor of the future”
20 October 2020
As part of our Shape of training programme, we asked thousands of children and young people what knowledge, skills and attitude the paediatrician of the future needs. The top themes? Being respectful, kind and friendly, being listened to and understood, having good communication focused on age and n...
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How we delivered the National Diabetes Quality Programme
27 August 2020
Dr Andrea Srur, Programme Manager for the national Diabetes Quality Programme, describes the recent successes from this project and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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RCPCH announces forthcoming digital growth charts for parents and families
1 August 2020
We look ahead to plans for digital growth charts, which will be available to parents and carers in 2021.
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RCPCH responds to expansion of flu vaccination programme
24 July 2020
We respond to the government's announcement of this year's flu vaccination programme, which includes Year 7 for the first time.
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Protect children for a challenging winter ahead
14 July 2020
The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the RCPCH made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...
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RCPCH responds to BMA paper on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health
7 July 2020
Dr Karen Street, Assistant Officer for Mental Health and Wellbeing, responds to a new BMA report which considers the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.