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Allergy care pathway for asthma and/or rhinitis

Asthma is typically associated with chronic inflammation and hyperresponsiveness of the lower airway leading to airway narrowing. Rhinitis is characterised by symptoms including rhinorrhoea (watery, runny nose), sneezing, bilateral nasal obstruction (congestion) or itching. This is one of several al...

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Asthma &Me Ambassadors

This is a group of asthma experienced or interested children, young people and families who volunteer together to improve care for asthma patients and their families. Read about their award-winning project and the young people involved!

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Participation

Children and young people's voice

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Claiming expenses on College business

Members and others can claim for expenses incurred on College business, including travel, accommodation and meals. Our online expenses system launched in June 2023. This replaces a paper-based system, and should significantly improve how you claim expenses and reduce processing time. To claim exp...

Expenses

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COVID-19 - service evaluation and audit on the care needs of children admitted to hospital (England)

Run by NHS England in 2020, this aimed to provide important information on the clinical aspects of COVID-19 while also determining the care needs of children admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Respiratory medicine

COVID-19

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Expenses - how to claim expenses on the mobile app

To claim and track your expenses on College business - such as travel, accommodation and meals - you need to use our online system, Continia. There are two options - a web portal on any modern web browser, and a mobile app. These instructions explain how to use the mobile app.

Expenses

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Expenses - how to claim expenses on the web portal

To claim and track your expenses on College business - such as travel, accommodation and meals - you need to use our online system, which is called Continia. There are two options - a web portal on any modern web browser, and a mobile app. These instructions explain how to use the web portal.

Expenses

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Managing RSV and other respiratory viruses in 2021 - webinar recording

This free webinar, presented on 29 June 2021, was convened to support paediatricians and other child health professionals with managing bronchiolitis and other respiratory viruses this year. We looked at how to manage patient flow, ‘keeping patients safe and pathways open’, covered recognition, mana...

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Respiratory medicine

Document

National guidance for the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections (2023)

These updated recommendations on the management of children in hospital with viral respiratory tract infections in hospital settings are for clinicians to support planning in partnership with local infection prevention control teams. While some recommendations describe organisational structures i...

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Paediatric respiratory medicine - sub-specialty

Respiratory paediatricians are clinicians who have detailed knowledge and understanding of the respiratory system in children. Read about this clinical area and download the syllabi for both sub-specialty and for generic specialty training. We also have an educational supervisor guide.

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Paediatric sub-specialty

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Paediatric sub-specialty training - application guidance

In the UK Paediatric Training Programme it's possible to choose to sub-specialise during specialty training (ST5-ST7). Applications are made through a competitive recruitment process at ST4 or higher, subject to having completed core training (ST1-ST4) and enough time left to complete the required c...

Allergies

Community child health

Intensive care medicine

Mental health

Neonatal medicine