Neurodisability

A neurodisability paediatrician supports children and young people with disabilities resulting from congenital (since birth) or acquired long-term conditions - find out more about this sub-specialty.

Event

RCPCH EQIP: Innovations to improve care for paediatric epilepsy patients

09 June 2023

Birmingham

Join us to hear from teams participting in our Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP). You'll learn how they've used QI to make incremental changes in their service, how they have adapted under the ongoing pressures of the pandemic.

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Epilepsy12 and OPEN UK national conference 2022 resources

The fifth annual Epilepsy12 and Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference took place on Wednesday 21 September 2022. You can find conference resources and more information about the event on this page.

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Epilepsy12 - national organisational audit and clinical audit - 2022

Epilepsy is the commonest significant neurological disorder affecting children and young people. Published in July 2022, these latest results from Epilepsy12 provide insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy, and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services i...

News

RCPCH response to review of demand and capacity of neurodevelopmental services

7 July 2022

The Welsh Government has today published a Summary Report of its long-awaited review of demand and capacity of neurodevelopmental services. The Deputy Minister for Social Care, Julie Morgan MS, has responded to the report by setting out plans for a new national improvement programme for neurodevelop...

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Epilepsy12 - national organisational audit and clinical audit - 2021

Epilepsy is the commonest significant neurological disorder affecting children and young people. Published in July 2021, these latest results from Epilepsy12 provide insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy, and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services i...

Children and young people's voice

Public health

Wellbeing for children and young people

Quality improvement

News

Why the incoming Scottish Government must provide sustainable investment for Child Development Teams

4 May 2021

Child Development Teams in Scotland are a crucial element in the child health system, pivotal in monitoring and promoting the development of children with disabilities as well as assessing and diagnosing children with atypical neurodevelopment. But, explains Dr Lucy Reynolds, a consultant paediatric...

News

Thirteen UK healthcare bodies launch ‘pragmatic’ guidance on valproate use

14 December 2020

Experts from 13 national bodies, including seven Royal Colleges, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance to support doctors and other health professionals around valproate use in women and girls in their reproductive years.

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Epilepsy12 & OPEN UK National Conference 2020 resources

On 10 September 2020, we hosted our third annual Epilepsy12 & Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference 2020: 'Working together to improve epilepsies’, as a live webinar. Access resources and presentations from the event on this page.

Course

BPNA distance learning unit 7 - Cerebrovascular disease, trauma and coma

You will be learning about some acute neurological conditions, namely coma, trauma and cerebrovascular disorders in this unit from the British Paediatric Neurology Association. All of these are extremely common conditions in neurological practice; hopefully you will find yourself better equipped to ...

Neurodisability

Neurology

Course

BPNA distance Learning Unit 5 - Neuromuscular Disorders

This unit from the British Paediatric Neurology Association covers the full spectrum of neuromuscular disease. It provides up-to-date information on how growing knowledge of molecular genetics has contributed to our rapidly expanding understanding of these disorders and changed diagnostic strategy.

Neurodisability

Neurology