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Allergy care pathway for urticaria, angio-odema or mastocytosis

Urticaria is characterised by fluctuating swellings and/or angio-oedema. Angio-odema is a sudden, central swelling of variable size that can be painful rather than itchy. Mastocytosis is the abnormal growth and accumulation of mast cells (MC). This is one of several allergy care pathways, which tell...

Allergies

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Allergy care pathway for venom allergy

Venom allergy is an immediate reaction to a venom. This is one of several allergy care pathways, which tell health professionals what they need to know in order to provide the best care possible.

Allergies

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Allergy care pathways - education resources for healthcare professionals (2011)

Our care pathways for children with allergic conditions tell health professionals what they need to know in order to provide the best care possible. Here are our implementation resources including: an educational presentation, a tool for taking an allergy focused clinical history, Patient Reported E...

Allergies

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Autism (Wales) Bill – consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Welsh Government’s draft Bill for Autism. We welcome calls for increased resource to support children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and improve outcomes for children with ASD. However, we are concerned about the possible unintended consequences of this proposed legi...

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Best practice examples of health transition

The page highlights examples of good practice from across the UK of effective transition from children's to adults' health services.

Health policy

Adolescent health

Transition to adult

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Child health in England in 2030: comparisons with other wealthy countries

The health of today’s children and young people (CYP) will be one of the key factors in determining whether England is healthy and prosperous over the next 50 years. In our reports, published October 2018, we used long term historical data on key CYP health outcomes and various projection modelling ...

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Child health inequalities and climate change in the UK - position statement

Climate change poses an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people, but it is not experienced equally. This position statement focuses on how climate change exacerbates child health inequalities. Actions to combat climate change could improve child health equity, an...

Public health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

Climate change

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Child health inequalities driven by child poverty in the UK - position statement

Health inequalities are the avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health outcomes between different groups of babies, children and young people. The drivers of health inequalities are the social, economic and environmental factors in which individuals live that have an impact on their heal...

Health inequalities

Poverty

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Children in need of help and protection - consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Department for Education's call for evidence on the educational outcomes for children of help and protection. We highlighted the need for collaboration between schools, social care and paediatrics to ensure children’s needs are being met across all sectors.

Community services

Learning disability or learning difficulty

Looked after children

Poverty

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Communicating the aims and outputs of the NNAP effectively to parents and families - a case study for NNAP

This case study was included in the 2017 National Neonatal Audit Programme annual report to highlight how a neonatal unit has used its results from the National Neonatal Audit Programme as a basis to identify and implement local quality improvement activities. You can download the full case study be...