Neonatal medicine

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

News

We award a programme providing neurodevelopmental services to infants in Ghana

10 December 2019

We're delighted to announce this year's winner of the RCPCH Global Programme Development Grant. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)'s one-year programme is identifying gaps in the quality of post-discharge care and how to make improvements and scale up, despite limited resources.

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BPSU study - Button battery ingestion, inhalation or insertion

BPSU surveillance of the unintentional ingestion, inhalation or insertion of button batteries in children requiring removal or attempted removal commenced in February 2021. This study will help inform services for the prevention and treatment of children who have accidentally swallowed or choked on ...

Area of medicine

Community child health

Ear nose and throat

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

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About the workforce snapshot survey, in partnership with GIRFT

This study provided an 'on the ground' picture of shortages and day-to-day realities of people working in child health. This was done by conducting a snapshot of the general paediatric and neonatal workforce on two days in September 2019. The aim was to empower members with their own data, allowing ...

Committee

UK Neonatal Partnership Board

This is a forum for organisations leading on national maternity, neonatal and perinatal programmes of work, facilitating consistency in implementing services and initiatives that influence the care of babies and their families.

William Harvey Research Foundation - Innovation Award [CLOSED]

https://www.williamharveyresearch.com/grants/grants

Funds pioneering research that advances the discovery of new medicines.

Award programme/theme

Innovation award

Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine - Research Prize [CLOSED]

https://www.lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/

These awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work. The Institute accepts applications from tenured and non-tenured researchers, clinicians and non-clinicians to undertake high quality biomedical research and has no priority diseases or restrictions on the research area supported.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

£100,001 to £250,000

Maximum duration

5 years

Submission deadline

1 September 2024

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BPSU study - Herpes simplex virus

BPSU surveillance of neonatal herpes simplex virus disease in infants less than 90 days of ages commenced in July 2019 and will run for 4.5 years. This study will assess the current disease burden of HSV to inform future practice on detection, prevention and management of this dangerous disease.

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Improvements made but more work to be done, says Britain's largest evaluation of NHS maternity and neonatal services

11 July 2019

RCPCH President responds to latest National Maternity and Perinatal Audit and says whilst the expansion of perinatal mental health support is particularly welcome, support services are under immense pressure. He urges an immediate moratorium on any further cuts so "pregnant women and their children ...

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Infant mortality rates “extremely worrying”

17 June 2019

According to figures published today by the Office for National Statistics, infant mortality rates in England and Wales have risen for the third year running. RCPCH responds.

Resource

NNAP/NDAU Collaborators' meeting 2019 - presentations

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) and Neonatal Data Analysis Unit (NDAU) Collaborators' meetings are a great opportunity to network and learn more about how data is being used to monitor and improve neonatal care. Take a look at this year's presentations.

Neonatal medicine

Maternity

Quality improvement