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Child Health Reviews - UK : Mortality and morbidity in children and young people with epilepsy (2013)
CHR-UK was a UK-wide programme of work, systematically examining mortality and morbidity in children and young people between their 1st and 18th birthdays. This report is a themed review of cases of mortality and morbidity in children and young people with epilepsy at all stages of the care pathway,...
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Epilepsy12 National Organisational Audit Report 2018
This is the first formal output of Round 3 of the Epilepsy12 audit. It describes the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services for children and young people in England and Wales, as at April 2018. It shows improvements in some areas, including numbers of epilepsy nurse specialists and paediatrici...
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Epilepsy12 &Us - voices from the RCPCH &Us network
Children and young people told us about their experiences of epilepsy care in our "clinic chats" - how they want to get in touch with services, the kind of support they want to receive, their best experiences and their ideas for the future. We worked with our Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates to produce a ...
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Facing the Future audit 2017
We commit to auditing our standards so we can build a comprehensive picture of paediatric provision across the four nations. This audit report covers Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services and Facing the Future: Together for child health.
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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...
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Recognition and early management of meningococcal disease in children and young people
Meningococcal disease (MD) remains an important cause of mortality in children in the UK. This handbook presents discussion and learning points from clinical case histories, a background to MD, and information on making a diagnosis, pathophysiology and principles of management.
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State of child health 1 - Mortality indicators
Key messages and actions from three indicators on child mortality: infants (under one year); children (one to 9 years); young people (10 to 19 years).
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State of child health 2 - Conception, pregnancy and infancy indicators
This looks at smoking and pregnancy, breastfeeding and immunisation.
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State of Child Health 6 - Health conditions of childhood
This chapter looks at some common conditions among children and young people.
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Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care (2018)
One in seven babies born in the UK will spend at least a few days in hospital in a neonatal unit which specialises in looking after babies who are born early, with a low weight or who have a medical condition that requires specialised treatment.