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Medicines resources

We provide evidence-based information on prescribing and medicines safety to support healthcare professionals.

Guidance and practice statements

Antibiotics and use of delayed prescriptions
Antiepileptic drugs: review of safety of use during pregnancy
Dosing in childhood obesity
Intravenous infusion concentrations in children in the UK
Medicinal cannabis - briefing
MEDUSA: injectable medicines
Oral liquid medicines - choosing
Rectal diazepam administration in babies prior to hospital admission
Sodium valproate use in women and girls of childbearing age
Suspected side effect from a medicine
Unlicensed liquid medicines and standardised strengths
Unlicensed medicines and licensed medicines for unlicensed applications

Further resources

Meds IQ - website for sharing quality improvement resources in medicines safety
Paediatric prescribing principles - online learning
SCRIPT – supporting safer prescribing practices in paediatrics (non-RCPCH)
British National Formulary for Children

Medicines Committee

A collaborative standing committee with joint membership between RCPCH and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG).

Meeting three times a year, it advises external agencies and supports a range of activities to ensure that the medications prescribed for children and young people are safe and effective and provided by appropriately trained healthcare professionals. 

About the committee and how to contact
Consultation responses

Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers

Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with leaflets on many medicines plus explanatory videos..

Medicines for Children website

News relating to medicines

More news about medicines
RCPCH podcasts, with stylised waveform, plus photo of hands holding purple ribbon
Podcast
24 March 2023

A young person’s experience of living with epilepsy

In this first of a podcast series from the Medicines for Children team, we speak with Fiona, a young person with epilepsy, and her mum, Karen. It's an honest and lively discussion from their fear at first diagnosis to working out the right medication, to learning to live well with the condition.
Podcast
17 March 2022

Pill swallowing in children podcasts

How can we as paediatric health professionals support children and young people to swallow pills? In this series of educational podcasts, produced with Kidzmed, Dr Emma Lim chats with colleagues at the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle to explore what's gone well and what they can learn.....