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Acute and emergency care - prescribing the remedy

Acute and emergency care departments face profound pressures. This report outlines recommendations for delivering a sustainable and resilient emergency care system. It is intended for Government officials, national bodies, commissioners, providers, professional bodies and clinicians.

Emergency medicine

Emergency Department

Health policy

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Best practice examples of health transition

The page highlights examples of good practice from across the UK of effective transition from children's to adults' health services.

Health policy

Adolescent health

Transition to adult

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Body mass index (BMI) chart

The BMI centile is a simple and reliable indicator of a healthy body weight in childhood. Where severe overweight or underweight is a concern, or where there is a need for monitoring weight over time, BMI can be calculated and plotted on this chart.

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Building the foundations - external second opinions in paediatrics

Find out what is needed to ensure the right foundations are in place to encourage a collaborative and transparent external second opinion process.

Health policy

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Context, aims and scope - external second opinions in paediatrics

Find information on how second opinions are currently made in practice and the reasons why this guidance is important to standardise the second opinion process. This includes the legal and medical professional frameworks that health professionals are required to work in.

Health policy

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Examples of good practice - external second opinions in paediatrics

Explore these best practice examples to understand how the external second opinion process can work in varying clinical contexts and scenarios.

Health policy

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Expert witness work - Seeking and providing external second opinions in paediatrics

We explain the importance of expert witness work, how it differs from providing external second opinions and the challenges facing both areas of work.

Health policy

Expert witness

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Facing the Future Superhero

As a child or young person, you don't need superpowers! You have the right to be involved in decisions about your care and to be treated by the right people, at the right time, in the right place. It's all in our Facing the Future standards. Why don't you play our game, tell others about your rights...

Health policy

Participation

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Facing the Future - acute general paediatric services

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Facing the Future - emergency care

Facing the Future - ongoing heath needs

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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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Involving children and young people in health services - a report (2012)

Ensuring children and young people receive the highest standards of healthcare is central to the work of RCPCH. This guide provides information, advice and guidance on how to meaningfully involve children and young people in health services.

Children and young people's voice