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Epilepsy12 Round 3 Methodology and Datasets

Round 3 of the Epilepsy12 audit was delivered between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2022. This page provides details on the methodology and data submission process for Round 3. This methodology extends to Round 4, Cohort 4.

Neurology

Conditions

Epilepsy

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Epilepsy12 &Us - voices from the �鶹��ý &Us network

Children and young people told us about their experiences of epilepsy care in our "clinic chats" - how they want to get in touch with services, the kind of support they want to receive, their best experiences and their ideas for the future. We worked with our Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates to produce a ...

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

�鶹��ý &Us

Patient experience

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Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates

This is a group of epilepsy experienced or interested children, young people and families who volunteer together to improve care for epilepsy patients and their families. Read about their award-winning project, the Clinic Chat Check List, and their experiences and tips on developing a school care pl...

Epilepsy

Engaging children and young people

�鶹��ý &Us

Quality improvement

Service design

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Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland: Prohibiting physical punishment of all children

In England and Northern Ireland, children are the only group of people not fully protected in law from physical assault. Our recommendations demonstrate to Government policymakers both the practicalities of removing the 'reasonable punishment defence’ from law and the appropriate next steps to reduc...

Safeguarding

Child protection

Physical abuse

Public affairs and campaigning

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Equal Protection from Assault (Scotland) - consultation response

In January 2019 we responded to the Scottish Parliament Equalities and Human Rights Committee consultation on the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill. We support the proposal to abolish the defence of reasonable chastisement.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion - useful resources for members

To support our members in all things EDI we have created this resource bank as a central repository. Here you will find information relating to guidance on the care cost fund, stories from members of our EDI reference group and links to other organisations' charters that we are supporting.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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Escalation strategies for winter pressures - case study

The team from the Children’s Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary describes how their department developed and adopted common strategies to use at times of escalation and major incidents.

Winter planning

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Establishing a correct diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type (hEDS) in children and adolescents – position statement

As of July 2025, this content is under review and not available. If you have any questions, please contact the �鶹��ý Health Policy team on health.policy@rcpch.ac.uk.

Rheumatology

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Establishing a new public health body for Scotland - consultation response

In July 2019 �鶹��ý Scotland responded to The Scottish Government's consultation on a new National Public Health body, 'Public Health Scotland'.

Primary care

Health policy

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Public health

Service design

Models of care

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Evidence from paediatricians: online harms are impacting children in hospital clinics - evidence submission

In May 2026, �鶹��ý responded to a Department for Science, Innovation and Technology call for evidence on Growing up in the online world: a national consultation. The evidence gathered will be considered by the UK government to help decide their next steps on introducing greater protections for child...

Public affairs and campaigning

Wellbeing for children and young people