SAS doctor
News
My role as SAS Committee Chair
28 October 2020
Dr Prakash Kalambettu, Locum Paediatric Consultant at Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust tells us about the role he plays as SAS Committee Chair in gaining recognition for SAS doctors and ensuring their voices and needs are heard.
Document
National guidance for the management of children with bronchiolitis and lower respiratory tract infections during COVID-19
These recommendations on the management of children with bronchiolitis and lower respiratory tract infections in hospital settings during COVID-19 are for clinicians to support winter planning in partnership with local infection control prevention teams.
While some recommendations describe organi...
Event
SPS St Andrew's Day Symposium
27 November 2020
The Scottish Paediatric Society Annual General Meeting and the St Andrew’s Day Paediatric Symposium will be held jointly with the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Scottish Asso...
Course
Progressing Paediatrics: Childhood epilepsies - online
20 November 2020
This online course explores childhood epilepsy in 2020. We cover the latest updates on seizure and syndrome classifications, the what, why and when of investigations as well as complex cases, challenges and transitions.
Individual profile
Dr Carol Roberts, Member Trustee
Document
Ethics framework for use in acute paediatric settings during COVID-19 pandemic
This ethical framework is a modification of guidance developed for treatment decisions relating to adults. The principles relating to decisions for children in the setting of the pandemic are the same as those for adults. The framework emphasises that decisions should be ethically consistent and app...
Document
COVID-19 - guidance for paediatric services
This guidance has been prepared to provide health professionals working in paediatrics and child health with advice around the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Guidance on this page is applicable to all paediatricians, with advice signposted information for settings specific guidance (community, neonat...
News
We need to address staff shortages across the child health workforce
11 March 2020
Staff shortages are among the most high-profile issues facing the NHS today—a scarcity that is felt within the paediatrics workforce.
Resource
Imaging in cases of suspected physical abuse in children - online learning
When managing children who have experienced suspected physical abuse, producing high quality images is crucial in enabling effective investigation of these complex cases.
Resource
Workforce census: Focus on vulnerable children and families paediatric workforce (2020)
This report, published in January 2020, focuses on lead roles concerning safeguarding, the child death service, looked after children (LAC) and special educational needs and disability (SEND).