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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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BPSU - 30th anniversary report (2016)

For over 30 years the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit has been facilitating research into childhood rare diseases and disorders. To mark this milestone and to celebrate the Unit's ongoing impact we published our 30 year anniversary report.

BPSU

Rare disease

Research

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BPSU 'Orange Card' reporting scheme - applying to run a study

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) welcomes applications from clinicians and researchers who wish to carry out national surveillance on rare childhood diseases.

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Female genital mutilation (FGM) - resources

FGM is a collective term for a range of procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. FGM, and taking a child abroad for the purpose of FGM, is child abuse. It is illegal in the UK and is a vio...

BPSU

Safeguarding

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Global child health - our impact

Since our foundation, we at RCPCH have embraced a commitment, beyond our work in the UK, to improving child health in the world's poorest countries. We train, mentor and advise on a wide range of medical issues which affect infant and child care services worldwide. Take a look at what we do, watch v...

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health

Continuing professional development

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National Neonatal Audit Programme - Data dashboard

This clinical audit, commissioned by HQIP, aims to improve care to babies admitted to a neonatal unit in England, Scotland and Wales. The interactive dashboard on this page shows data on our 10 performance metrics. This is updated on a quarterly basis.

Neonatal medicine

Data

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National Reviews of Maternity and Neonatal Care: Supporting the perinatal team to implement recommendations - report

This report, originally published in June 2023 and revised in August 2023, offers guidance to help local and network perinatal teams in implementing recommendations from the national reviews of maternity and neonatal care. It covers four themes: family experience, neonatal workforce, safety and lear...

Neonatal medicine

Quality improvement

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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

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

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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...

Ethics

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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