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Achieving consensus - on prevention, recognition and management of conflict in paediatric practice

Conflict can arise between health professionals and the parents of children not only where there is disagreement on the withdrawal or withholding of life sustaining treatment but also in more general routine care. In this paper for paediatricians and other health professionals, published in the Arch...

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Child Protection Companion - about

The Companion is your handbook on all forms of child abuse. It covers child protection processes across the whole range of medical and social interactions: from examination, to identification, to referral, to court.

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Developing a clinical guideline - our hub

Welcome! This page is for paediatric specialty groups and others who intend to produce a clinical guideline in child health. Clinical guidelines are sets of recommendations based on systematic research methods. Producing these requires advanced research skills and project management. Below is...

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Epilepsy12 - national organisational audit and clinical audit - 2021

Epilepsy is the commonest significant neurological disorder affecting children and young people. Published in July 2021, these latest results from Epilepsy12 provide insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy, and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services i...

Children and young people's voice

Public health

Wellbeing for children and young people

Quality improvement

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Epilepsy12 - national reports from 2009-2014

Rounds one and two of Epilepsy12 ran between 2009 and 2014 with paediatric services across the whole of the UK taking part. You can download reports for both rounds, including the full national reports and versions adapted for parents, carers, children and young people.

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Health inequalities tool 2 - Develop clinical skills for talking to families

Many paediatricians may find it difficult to raise questions about poverty with families. We give some tips to make this subject more approachable.

Health inequalities

Society

Poverty

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) annual reports

Our annual, national reports, 'Care processes and outcomes' highlight the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England and Wales. On this page you can download our latest and previous reports, and find links to our reports especially for parent...

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) Hospital admissions and complications reports 2011-2020

The NPDA admission reports summarise acute emergency hospital admissions where the primary diagnosis is related to diabetes in children and young people cared for in Paediatric Diabetes Units (PDUs) in England and Wales.

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Professional ethics and law resources

Paediatricians and other clinicians often have to take very difficult decisions while acting in strict accordance with the law and with sensitivity towards the customs and beliefs practiced by their patients and their patients' families. These resources are intended to support the training and crit...

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Rights of the child

All children and young people have rights. RCPCH actively supports these rights within child health, promoting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Children and young people's voice

Patient involvement