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Twenty-four hours community children's nursing service - South Staffordshire

This page provides a best practice example for standard 6 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which outlines the service provided by the South Staffordshire Community Children's Nursing team. The service prevents hospital admissions, facilitates early discharge and provides ca...

Community child health

Community services

Service design

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Models of care

Service planning

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Twilight emergency nurse practitioner - winter pressures case study

Dr Richard Burridge and Dr Michelle Jacobs from Watford General Hospital discuss the introduction of a ‘twilight’ emergency nurse practitioner shift as one part of a range of measures to manage long waits in the children’s emergency department.

Service design

Winter planning

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Two consultant led handovers every 24 hours - Bedford Hospital

This page provides a best practice example for standard 4 of Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services, which describes the handover process at Bedford Hospital, which is led by consultant paediatricians. Sharing information using structured communication techniques helps to...

Service design

Facing the Future - acute general paediatric services

Models of care

Service planning

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UK Child Health Research Collaboration

The UKCHRC is a growing partnership between funders of child health research. Through increasing and strengthening research, it aims to advance paediatric science and improve the health and wellbeing of children.

Research

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UK NSC recommendation on obesity screening in children- a consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the National Screening Committee's recommendations on obesity screening in children. We acknowledged the lack of strong evidence on routine weight monitoring, but noted there is growing consensus that actions with face validity should be considered. Assessing weight status in...

Public health

Obesity

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UK Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS)

The RCPCH is committed to supporting patient safety and improvement across the UK, including support for introducing and embedding Paediatric Early Warning Systems (PEWS) within the four nations. A Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) is designed to effectively recognise and respond to the deteri...

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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UK standards for paediatric endocrinology (BSPED)

These standards apply to all children and young people aged 0-18 years with an endocrine condition (including growth, hormonal, bone and mineral disorders). They are intended for healthcare professionals and for service commissioners to plan, deliver and quality assure paediatric endocrine services.

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UK-WHO growth charts - 0-4 years

These charts are based on WHO Child Growth Standards, which describe the optimal growth for healthy, breastfed children. They are used for preschool infants and toddlers up to age 4 who require plotting of growth for weight, length/height and head circumference in primary or secondary care. They are...

Neonatal medicine

Growth charts

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UK-WHO growth charts - 2-18 years

These charts are based on WHO Child Growth Standards, which describe the optimal growth for healthy, breastfed children. They are used to assess the growth of school age children and young people in primary or secondary care, and include guidance on the onset and progression of puberty, a BMI centil...

Growth charts

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UK-WHO growth charts - childhood and puberty close monitoring (CPCM)

These charts are based on WHO Child Growth Standards, which describe the optimal growth for healthy, breastfed children. They are modified from the school age charts (2-18 years) and intended for children with growth or nutritional problems and in specialist clinics and special schools.

Growth charts

Adolescent health