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News
Campaign launches to improve management of childhood asthma
3 September 2018
RCPCH supports the #AskAboutAsthma campaign as NHS in London ask sufferers to ‘take three small steps to improve lives’.
Volunteering opportunity
Recruiting paediatric clinicians for early childhood screening programme
RCPCH Global are developing a model of support for screening early developmental delay and disabilities and care pathway planning for implementation (depending on availability of funding) with Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon.
Individual profile
Dr Pierre Barker
Course
BSPAR Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology Conference 2018
17 October 2018
Southampton
This is the dedicated conference for paediatric and adolescent rheumatology in the UK, which provides a unique forum bringing together multidisciplinary teams managing paediatric rheumatology from around the country. Delegates attend year on year to listen to the most up to date clinical and researc...
Course
Aetiological Investigations for Hearing Loss in Children
08 October 2018
London
The course will give you a good opportunity to network with colleagues new to the field as well as meet those running established services and are leaders in the field of aetiological investigations for hearing loss in children.
Course
Hands on Essential Paediatric ECG (Electrocardiogram)
23 November 2018
Urmston
This one day course is aimed at paediatricians at all levels of training to improve their skills in interpreting normal and abnormal ECG in children of all ages.
Course
Paediatric Emergencies Intubation
11 October 2018
Belfast
A practical course covering basic and advanced airway management with registration open to all healthcare professionals involved in the management of critically ill children and neonates.
Resource
Child Protection Evidence - Early years neglect
Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion in the legal system. This systematic review evaluates the literature on early years neglect.
News
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.
News
'A dismal, unfair and unsafe situation': RCPCH responds to National Children’s Bureau Report
11 July 2018
Dr Alison Steele responds to the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) new report, published today on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children: Storing Up Trouble – A postcode lottery of children’s social care.