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Useful epilepsy resources for children, young people and families
This page links to useful resources from the College and other charities to support your or your child's epilepsy care.
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NI Executive Children and Young People’s Strategy 3 Year Delivery Plan - consultation response
In 2021 the Department of Education published the overarching 10 Year Children and Young People’s Strategy (2020 – 2030) on behalf of the NI Executive. Subsequently, in 2022, the Executive produced an initial draft three Year Delivery Plan (2021-24) and published for public consultation.
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Epilepsy12 reports and resources
The Epilepsy12 national audit provides insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy, and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services in England and Wales. This page signposts the audit's reports and useful resources, and other related outputs from the College.
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Let’s look out for each other - President's blog
3 December 2021
As Omicron brings more uncertainty and strain, Camilla writes about what we can do to make a difference, alongside her reflections from the College’s first Climate Change conference.
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Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers
Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with free access to information leaflets on over 200 medicines, videos and news.
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The PERFORM project wins the PIER award
10 May 2021
With support from NIHR, we have run the Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research (PIER) award for the second year now to recognise multi-disciplinary teams that involve and engage children and young people in their research. Here, we speak with the winning team about their project.
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Disability Matters: a welcome addition to the medical school curriculum
20 January 2021
Elizabeth Lawson, a final year medical student, discusses the benefits of learning about disability medicine via this online resource and recommends its use alongside traditional undergraduate teaching methods.
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Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care
'Your baby's care' is our parent and carer guide to the summary report of the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) on 2022 data.
NNAP data helps neonatal units to give better care to babies. We assess whether babies have had the health checks recommended for them to reduce the risk of complic...
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Reye's Syndrome website - for families and health professionals
The National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, which is now part of RCPCH, provides evidence-based information on a dedicated website about this very rare condition that affects children and young people.
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Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care: archived reports 2015-2021
The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) works to improve standards of neonatal care in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. We aim to make the information we gather and share in our annual reports accessible by publishing 'Your baby's care', our guide for parents and carers. You can do...