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Equal access to care: - the challenges of cost and proximity
10 March 2025
In this blog RCPCH Wales Officer, Dr Nick Wilkinson, access to medicines.
Drugs and medicines
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Medication safety: Management of the supply of unlicensed liquid medicines to children - recommendations for implementation
NHS England tasked the RCPCH/NPPG Medicines Committee to improve the safety of liquid medicines during the transition from hospital to home care. This follows several serious incidents, including the death of a child due to confusion over liquid morphine strengths.
Mistakes can occur because of t...
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Paediatric clinical pharmacology - sub-specialty
Doctors specialising in paediatric clinical pharmacology have expertise in the development of medicines and their safe, rational use.
This page is for those exploring, applying to or already in this sub-specialty training programme! We have insights from current specialists on what it's like work...
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Valproate use in women, girls of childbearing years and boys - guidance
This page has updated guidance on the medicine, valproate in accordance with regulation changes from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in January 2024.
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A merry final message of 2023 - President’s blog
15 December 2023
As the year draws to a close, Camilla welcomes our new President-elect and pays tribute to all the candidates who stood in the President election. She also reflects on the COP28 conference and highlights the great work of the 17 CYP Climate Changers, who contributed to the College's recent parliamen...
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RCPCH/NPPG publish a new guideline on medicine safety
14 December 2023
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group Joint Standing Committee on Medicines (RCPCH-NPPG) have produced a new clinical practice guideline on medication safety, with recommendations on effective paediatric ward rounds.
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Medication safety: Best practice for effective paediatric ward rounds - clinical practice guideline
Published in December 2023, this clinical practice guideline developed by RCPCH and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group Joint Standing Committee on Medicines (RCPCH-NPPG), covers the inclusion of medication analysis in the paediatric ward round environment to improve medication safety.
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Enteral calcium and phosphate supplementation in neonates and children - position statement
This statement is produced by Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG), with support from RCPCH. There are no licensed oral liquid calcium or phosphate products available in the UK. Administration of an effervescent calcium or phosphate tablet is common, and this statement provides guidance for...
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A young person’s experience of living with epilepsy
24 March 2023
In this first of a podcast series from the Medicines for Children team, we speak with Fiona, a young person with epilepsy, and her mum, Karen. It's an honest and lively discussion from their fear at first diagnosis to working out the right medication, to learning to live well with the condition.
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Paediatric SCRIPT
Paediatric SCRIPT is an eLearning programme, which aims to improve prescribing competency and safety among specialist paediatric trainees. It is now being used by all Paediatric Schools in England.