Respiratory medicine

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Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan (Wales) consultation response

In March 2022 we responded to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan for Wales. This page provides a summary, and you can download our full response.

Respiratory medicine

Public health

Smoking and tobacco

News

Professor Anthony David Milner obituary

12 November 2021

Professor Warren Lenney remembers his mentor Professor Anthony David Milner, ‘The father of modern respiratory paediatric research’.

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College position statement on climate crisis

25 October 2021

Ahead of COP26 the College is calling on world leaders for action to limit the impact of climate change on child health and to acknowledge that the climate crisis is a child rights crisis.

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Managing RSV and other respiratory viruses in 2021 - webinar recording

This free webinar, presented on 29 June 2021, was convened to support paediatricians and other child health professionals with managing bronchiolitis and other respiratory viruses this year. We looked at how to manage patient flow, ‘keeping patients safe and pathways open’, covered recognition, mana...

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Respiratory medicine

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RCPCH response to the coroner following the tragic death of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah

In June 2021 we were asked to respond to concerns raised by the coroner regarding the sad and untimely death of a nine-year-old girl in London, which was found to be contributed to by exposure to excessive air pollution.

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Climate change

Individual profile

Professor Steve Turner, Registrar

News

Medicines safety alert - Erythromycin therapy

5 January 2021

Erythromycin in babies and infants has been associated with an increased risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

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National guidance for the management of children with bronchiolitis (2021)

These recommendations on the management of children with bronchiolitis in hospital settings during COVID-19 are for clinicians to support planning in partnership with local infection prevention control teams. While some recommendations describe organisational structures in England, services in th...

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Protect children for a challenging winter ahead

14 July 2020

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the RCPCH made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...

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COVID-19 - guidance for management of children admitted to hospital and for treatment of non-hospitalised children at risk of severe disease

This best practice advice is focused on the management of confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection in children admitted to hospital and on the currently available treatments for non-hospitalised children at risk of severe disease. This has been produced with the British Paediatric Allergy, Im...

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Respiratory medicine

COVID-19

Clinical guidelines and standards