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Increasing data completeness for two year follow up data - a case study for NNAP

The following case study was included in the 2016 National Neonatal Audit Programme annual report to highlight how some neonatal networks and units have used NNAP results as a basis for identifying and undertaking local quality improvement activities. It is presented by Dr Kate Palmer, Consultant Ne...

Area of medicine

Intensive care medicine

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Invited reviews: the first four years - evaluation 2012-2016

The RCPCH Invited Reviews service has been running since mid-2012 and has completed over 70 reviews. This report outlines the learning and findings from the first 60 reviews. It gives clinicians, managers and commissioners some ideas for 'quick wins' to improve their service or where help may be u...

Networks for health services

Service planning

Workforce

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - parents and carers reports

Our summary booklets for parents and carers include findings from our national reports. You'll find useful information about the key healthcare checks that your child should receive and important information about clinic outcomes.

Intensive care medicine

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NNAP/NDAU Collaborators’ meeting 2016 - presentations

This meeting place on 18 April 2016 at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London. Over 120 people attended the event, including parents, multi-disciplinary neonatal unit staff members, neonatal network representatives and commissioners.

Child and adolescent mortality

Intensive care medicine

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Secondary care

Clinical guidelines and standards

Infant

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NNAP/NDAU Collaborators’ meeting 2017 - presentations

This meeting took place on 24 April 2017 at the Studio in Birmingham. Over 100 people attended the event, including parents, multi-disciplinary neonatal unit staff members, neonatal network representatives.

Child and adolescent mortality

Intensive care medicine

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NNAP/NDAU Collaborators’ meeting 2018 - presentations

This event was a great opportunity to network and learn more about how data is being used to monitor and improve neonatal care in the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP). Take a look at the videos from the day's presentations.

Intensive care medicine

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Quality improvement

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Paediatric oncology - sub-specialty

Paediatric oncologists have specialist expertise in managing children with cancer. Read about this clinical area and download the syllabi for both sub-specialty and for generic specialty training.

Oncology

Cancer

Paediatric sub-specialty

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Screening of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) - clinical guideline

ROP is one of the few causes of childhood visual disability that is largely preventable. This evidence-based guideline has been updated by RCPCH in collaboration with Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) in March 2022. Also available are a ...

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Clinical guidelines and standards

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Sharing learning from the RCPCH Genomics Symposium

On 20 November 2023, we held the first ever RCPCH Genomics Symposium in Birmingham city centre, bringing together paediatricians, geneticists and service user representation from across England. The half-day event hosted five sessions on key areas related to genomics, with the underlying theme of be...

Clinical genetics

Genomics

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Subject archives guide - Smoking

Our subject guides on a range of child health topics are for researchers interested in child health and the history of paediatrics. Smoking is one of the biggest causes of death and illness in the UK.

Area of medicine

Community child health