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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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 are aligned to a set of professionally agreed guidelines and standards, ...

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.

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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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Whole genome sequencing: developments and future perspectives - webinar recording, January 2023

On 20 January 2023 we hosted a webinar discussion with Genomics England to hear the most recent updates and the future perspectives in paediatric genomics. You can watch the recording and read our speakers' responses to questions posed by delegates during the event.

Genomics

Neonatal medicine

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Genomics for newborns - information

The use of genomics, including newborn screening, is increasingly discussed in the policy space. The UK National Screening Committee has been working with Genomics England, who led a previous whole genome sequencing (WGS) initiative, the 100,000 Genomes Project, to look at a pilot research programme...

Genomics

Neonatal medicine

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NNAP webinar recording 23 November 2022: Helping teams to improve care

This joint National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) and British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM) webinar provided an opportunity to review the NNAP 2021 data results, learn from one service's successfully implemented QI initiative and find out about the new BAPM Building Successful Perinatal...

Neonatal medicine

Quality improvement