Neonatal medicine

Neonatologists are paediatric specialists whose expertise is looking after newborn infants or those born prematurely. Find out more about this sub-specialty.

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Neonatal medicine - sub-specialty

Neonatologists are paediatric specialists with expertise in looking after newborn infants or those born prematurely. 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 working in neonatal m...

Neonatal medicine

Paediatric sub-specialty

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Updates on Genomics England's research study on newborn WGS - webinar recording, January 2024

On 18 January 2024 we hosted a webinar with Genomics England, plus a expert panel discussion, to hear the most recent developments in the Genomics England led Generation Study; a research programme to screen newborns by whole genome sequencing. The recording is now available.

Area of medicine

Genomics

Neonatal medicine

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NNAP conference 2023 presentations

On 4 October 2023 the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) held its annual conference. Although we planned to deliver this as a hybrid event, it was fully virtual due to transport issues. Delegates had the opportunity to listen to experts in the field and neonatal teams involved in quality impro...

Neonatal medicine

Quality improvement

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We launch our new monthly podcast in education - The paeds round

24 October 2023

RCPCH and Medisense have teamed up on a new podcast show. We'll highlight some of the most important issues in paediatrics, with practical clinical insights along the way.

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Roadmap for improving working lives - President's blog

28 July 2023

This week Camilla reminds members about the launch of Progress+ on 1 August (join in our 'pink' celebrations) and shares our new Thrive Paediatrics resource on best practice for transforming working lives.

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BPSU study - Congenital and Hospitalised Neonatal Varicella

BPSU surveillance of fetal varicella syndrome (FVS) and neonatal varicella is to commence with the June 2023 card. The study is conducted by the UKHSA and led by Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, and will study how many babies have FVS or neonatal varicella, the features of the diseases, the treatments babi...

Neonatal medicine

BPSU

Public health

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National Reviews of Maternity and Neonatal Care: Supporting the perinatal team to implement recommendations - report

This report, originally published in June 2023 and revised in August 2023, offers guidance to help local and network perinatal teams in implementing recommendations from the national reviews of maternity and neonatal care. It covers four themes: family experience, neonatal workforce, safety and lear...

Neonatal medicine

Quality improvement

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NNAP Quality Improvement Strategy

The overarching aim of this strategy is to assess whether babies admitted to neonatal units in England, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man receive consistent, high quality care in relation to the NNAP audit measures, which are aligned to a set of professionally agreed guidelines and standards, to i...

Neonatal medicine

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Beginner's guide to genomic testing: Who, what and how - webinar recording

In March 2023, we invited Dr Harry Leitch to speak about genomic testing for paediatricians. He shared insights from his own experiences in the NHS, followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Genomics

Community child health

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Neonatal medicine

Continuing professional development

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RCPCH responds to NHS England’s three year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services

2 May 2023

On 30 March NHS England published their three year plan for maternity and neonatal services.