Northern Ireland

Members working in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are represented at College Council by the Officer for Ireland - find out useful contacts and activity on your College region's web page

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1,500* paediatricians sign open letter to Prime Minister urging Government to make reopening of schools a priority

17 June 2020

�鶹��ý publishes an open letter from members about the importance of a plan to reopen schools.

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We've updated our Companion on the timing of blood investigations for fractures

16 June 2020

Changes have been made to our Child Protection Companion's chapter 9, ''Recognition of physical abuse' to accommodate suggested amendments by the British Paediatric and Adolescent Bone Group on the timing of blood investigations for fractures.

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�鶹��ý calls for extending access to free school meals this summer

16 June 2020

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (�鶹��ý) stands with footballer Marcus Rashford and his campaign to make the government think again on the provision of free school meal vouchers for children this summer.

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Letter and ARCP update from the four Statutory Education Bodies to all trainees

4 June 2020

This letter from 3 June 2020 states that to maintain the essential pipeline of trained medical staff, resumption of training must be given full support and a very high priority as services are planned and reintroduced.

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Clinical guideline directory

The guideline directory contains a full list of paediatric guidelines published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), as well as those from other Royal Colleges or paediatric specialty groups which meet the standar...

Clinical guidelines and standards

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COVID-19 &Us - views from �鶹��ý &Us

�鶹��ý &Us worked with with young people to reflect on their experiences of COVID-19 and the lockdown. This helped inform future planning for times of national crisis such as a natural disaster, another pandemic, terrorist incident or other cause of nationwide disruption.

Mental health

COVID-19

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

�鶹��ý &Us

Patient experience

Adolescent health

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Impact of COVID-19 on child health services between April and July 2020 - report

This report shows findings from child health services across the UK about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020.

COVID-19

Service planning

Workforce

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Leading paediatricians publish case definition for illness affecting children during COVID-19

1 May 2020

Leading paediatricians in the UK have set out a working definition of an inflammatory syndrome affecting a very small number of children and which may be associated with COVID-19.

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Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS) - national consensus management pathway

Most children are asymptomatic or exhibit mild symptoms from COVID-19 infection. However, a small number have been identified who develop a significant systemic inflammatory response, which is also known as PIMS-TS or PIMS). In September 2020 a national consensus management pathway was published to ...

Immunology

Intensive care medicine

Rare disease

COVID-19

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Health Visitors and Paediatricians publish advice for parents about the six-week postnatal check during COVID-19

1 May 2020

The Institute for Health Visiting and �鶹��ý have published advice for parents who may not be able to attend the six week check for newborn babies.