Research
Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society - Project Funding [OPEN]
The A-T provide full or partial funding for particular research projects. The maximum funding duration for this grant is usually two years, but three years of funding can be awarded if satisfactory progress is being made.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Maximum duration
3 years
Resource
Research Charter for Infants', Children's and Young People's Child Health
The Charter aims to support children, young people, families and health professionals to talk about child health research and guide discussions to ensure everyone is clear on what is happening, when and why child health research is important.
News
‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare
24 December 2017
School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.
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Breastfeeding rates increase when financial incentives given, finds new study
14 December 2017
Results of a study which saw breastfeeding rates rise when new mums were given vouchers, have today been published.
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Vulnerable children being put in harm's way says 'State of Children's Rights' report
13 December 2017
Some of England’s most vulnerable children are being needlessly put in harm’s way because their safety and wellbeing is ignored whilst the Government is focused on Brexit.
Resource
Archives of Disease in Childhood - our journal
The College's scientific publication is one of the leading paediatric journals in the world. A peer-reviewed journal, ADC focuses on all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period to adolescence. Its Education and Practice edition can help paediatricians in their ongoing professio...
Team profile
Research and Evidence team
News
OECD report reveals the scale of the UK's obesity epidemic, which has the highest rates in Western Europe
13 November 2017
The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) has published its ‘Health at a Glance 2017’ report, which reveals that the UK has the highest obesity rates in Western Europe, with rates rising faster than any other developed nations.
News
Sharp rise in children admitted to intensive care in England and Wales since 2009
30 October 2017
Research published today in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood shows a sharp rise in children admitted to intensive care in England and Wales since 2009, a trend which is not explained by either population growth or the rising birth rate. An analysis of admissions data from the Paediatric Intensi...