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BPSU

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit is a world leading centre for rare paediatric disease surveillance. It enables doctors and researchers to investigate how many children in the UK and Republic of Ireland are affected by particular rare diseases, conditions or treatments each year.

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Raising awareness for Group B Strep Infection in babies: awareness of Group B Strep saves lives

12 July 2018

July is Group B Strep (GBS) Awareness Month. Jane Plumb, Chief Executive of Group B Strep Support, a charity dedicated to providing general information and guidance about GBS, writes a guest blog to raise awareness about the risks associated with Group B Strep.

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BPSU Privacy Notice

This privacy notice covers the personal data of the BPSU clinical respondents who contribute to the BPSU epidemiology system. This privacy notice does not cover the use of clinical data or the legal grounds for processing it. Privacy details on the clinical data collected by the study teams is a...

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BPSU - Annual reports

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit produced annual reports to review the surveillance undertaken for the previous year and provide information on upcoming studies. Our most recent annual report is from 2020-21, and you can download this and previous reports.

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BPSU study - Acute severe poisonings

Commencing in July 2018, this surveillance study aims to determine the incidence of accidental poisoning; identify trends in severe poisonings that might inform public health interventions; describe the demographics of presenting populations; and calculate the severity of the poisoning event as dete...

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BPSU study - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS)

Surveillance of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS) focused on what happens to young people with ADHD when they are too old to stay with children’s services. Surveillance was also run in...

Community child health

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BPSU study - Acute rheumatic fever

Surveillance of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and young people aged 16 years and younger concluded in May 2016. The study is being led by Dr Mary Salama of Birmingham Children's Hospital, winner of the Sir Peter Tizard Bursary. The study group are yet to publish their findings.

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BPSU study - Type 2 diabetes

Surveillance of type 2 diabetes in children and young people less than 17 years of age concluded in April 2016. This is a repeat of study from 2005 and the research team hope to identify the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in children and young people and understand how this has changed...

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BPSU study - Enterovirus and parechovirus meningitis

Surveillance of enterovirus and parechovirus meningitis in infants less than 90 days of age concluded in July 2015. The study team hope to understand the clinical burden of the condition. A paper has now been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood - see below link to the abstract.

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BPSU study - Neonatal exchange blood transfusion (EBT)

Surveillance of neonatal exchange blood transfusion (EBT) in infants of 28 days of age or under in the United Kingdom and Ireland concluded in October 2015. The study aims to ascertain the current incidence and complication rates of EBT, as well as the practical difficulties of performing an EBT. Th...

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BPSU study - Group B streptococcal disease (GBS)

Surveillance of Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in British and Irish infants less than 90 days of age concluded in April 2015. Knowledge of the current epidemiology in this age group is needed to assess the impact of current guidelines and provide baseline information for a GBS vaccine programme...