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BPSU - Past studies
Details of completed studies of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, listed alphabetically by condition.
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Abolish solitary confinement for children and young people
18 April 2018
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to take immediate steps to end the solitary confinement of children and young people in the youth justice system.
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Abolish postcode lottery to good dental health, say children’s doctors
11 April 2018
Children’s doctors are today calling for councils to give every child an equal opportunity to good dental health as a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users reveals around one quarter had problems accessing free NHS dental care.
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RCPCH responds to CQC report on state of care
11 April 2018
Today, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its analysis of the quality and safety of care provided by independent acute hospitals across England.
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Tackling childhood cancer in developing countries
9 April 2018
One medical success story is increased cure rates for many childhood cancers - but this advance has only been in high income countries. We feature Tim Eden, founder of World Child Cancer.
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Sugar tax now in force
6 April 2018
This new measure aims to reduce childhood obesity rates and improve the health of the nation.
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Professor Russell Viner takes up role as RCPCH President
4 April 2018
Professor Viner, an academic paediatrician and adolescent physician at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London, has offically taken up the position of RCPCH President. Russell works clinically in paediatric and adolescent diabetes at University College Hospital.
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Seeing shocking deprivation will stay with me forever: how I started working in child protection
4 April 2018
Gayle Hann, consultant paediatrician and named doctor for child protection, explains her journey to working in safeguarding.
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Risks of valproate medicines in female patients
3 April 2018
We offer additional resources to support girls and young women to understand the risks of taking sodium valproate during pregnancy.
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Why children die - research and recommendations (2014)
Infant, child and adolescent death rates in the UK have declined and continue to fall. However, the UK has one of the worst child mortality rates in Western Europe with nearly 2,000 excess deaths a year compared to the best performing country Sweden. This report highlights the most recently availabl...