Drugs and medicines
News
Giving Calpol to children
25 May 2018
There have been a number of recent media articles about the use of Calpol in children for treating a fever. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urges all parents to take advice from NHS Choices and Medicines for Children when administering medicines to their children.
Course
How to Manage: Common Cardiac Problems in Paediatrics
26 October 2018
London
This is a one-day course focusing on common cardiac problems encountered by any clinician involved in the care of children.
Course
How to Manage: Chronic pain
23 November 2018
London
A one-day course dealing with the diagnosis, assessment, multidisciplinary management and referral pathways for children and young people who have chronic pain.
Course
How to Manage: Safe and effective prescribing for you and your team
24 September 2018
London
This one-day course explores safe prescribing within paediatrics. You will learn about the most frequent prescribing mistakes and their management, as well as, review basic pharmacology.
News
Risks of valproate medicines in female patients
26 January 2018
We offer additional resources to support girls and young women to understand the risks of taking sodium valproate during pregnancy.
Wellcome Trust-MRC - Collaborative Award
Provides support to independent researchers with outstanding track records who want to address important scientific problems through collaborative team effort.
Award programme/theme
Partnership grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
5 years
Submission deadline
Wellcome Trust - Investigator Award
Supports researchers to address the most important questions of relevance to human and animal health and disease.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Maximum duration
7 years
Submission deadline
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Public Health Research (PHR)
Funds research that evaluates public health interventions, providing new knowledge on the benefits, costs, acceptability and wider impacts of non-NHS interventions intended to improve health and reduce inequalities in health.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Submission deadline
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Invention for Innovation (i4i)
To support the application of emerging technologies and demonstrate their usefulness and broader applicability within clinics.
Award programme/theme
Innovation award
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Submission deadline
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
Funds research about the clinical and cost effectiveness and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests for NHS users and service providers. The study outcomes should lead to findings that have potential to be of direct benefit to NHS patients.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
Over £500,000
Submission deadline