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National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP)

Some babies in the UK need specialist care when they are born. They may be born too early, with a low birth weight or have a medical condition. Since 2008, our clinical audit aims to improve care to these infants.

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Quality improvement and patient safety

We support our members and the wider child health workforce to be at the forefront of continuous quality improvement. We provide opportunities to develop and share QI work and to co-produce solutions with children and young people, and their families.

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Growth charts

Our charts allow health professionals to plot and measure a child's height and weight from birth to young adulthood, and are available to download and print. We've also developed digital growth charts, which integrate with electronic patient records and provide reliable data.

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Engagement legislation briefing - RCPCH &Us

This resource provides you with the key pieces of legislation that support active involvement of children and young people in health decisions and service design.

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Governance and regulation

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

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Case studies for children and young people's engagement

Are you a paediatrician in the community, an acute setting or a specialist service? Are you a nurse, allied healthcare professional in a local surgery, hospital, community setting or working one-to-one with children and young people and want to know more about engagement, participation or involving ...

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Engaging children and young people

Quality improvement

Service design

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Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships

Our review of the 44 published STP plans reveals major deficiencies. They are failing to take into account the needs of infants, children and young people. STPs are the proposals put together by the NHS and local councils to meet the health needs of the local population in 44 areas of England.

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Service design

Service planning

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Stroke in childhood - clinical guideline for diagnosis, management and rehabilitation

This evidence-based clinical guideline (published 2017) provides recommendations for all UK paediatricians and healthcare professionals involved in the regulation or practice of the care of children and young people who have had or are suspected of having a stroke. You can download the full guidelin...

Clinical guidelines and standards

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Facing the Future standards for paediatric care

Our standards outline how to provide a safe and sustainable, high-quality service that meets the health needs of every child and young person. They cover emergency care, acute general paediatrics, care outside the hospital and ongoing health needs. We also link to audit reports and best practice exa...

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Standards for short-stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAUs)

SSPAUs are hospital-based facilities where infants, children and young people with acute illness, injury or other urgent referrals from clinicians can be assessed, investigated, observed and treated with an expectation of discharge in less than 24 hours. Standards are vital to guide the development ...

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We want more healthy children. So we make sure that our members get the knowledge and expertise they need, and we involve children, young people and families in all that we do.