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Whole genome sequencing: developments and future perspectives - webinar recording, January 2023

On 20 January 2023 we hosted a webinar discussion with Genomics England to hear the most recent updates and the future perspectives in paediatric genomics. You can watch the recording and read our speakers' responses to questions posed by delegates during the event.

Genomics

Neonatal medicine

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Whole genome sequencing for newborns - �鶹��ý and Genomics England webinar recording, March 2022

On 3 March 2022 we hosted a webinar discussion with Genomics England to understand more about their Newborn Genomes Programme, hear from a panel of paediatricians and address questions from attendees. Watch the recording.

Genomics

Document

Whooping cough - poster and joint statement from �鶹��ý, RCOG, RCM and RCGP

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), Royal College of Midwives (RCM), Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (�鶹��ý) issue this advice in a joint statement for worried parents and carers and healthcare professionals on...

Community child health

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Why children die - research and recommendations (2014)

Infant, child and adolescent death rates in the UK have declined and continue to fall. However, the UK has one of the worst child mortality rates in Western Europe with nearly 2,000 excess deaths a year compared to the best performing country Sweden. This report highlights the most recently availabl...

Child and adolescent mortality

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Winter pressures - our recommendations

We pledge to help our members be the voice for children in winter pressure plans across the whole system. Our recommendations and actions are based on our survey of members and their colleagues working in Emergency Departments (ED) that treat children across the UK.

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

Service planning

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

Document

Winter pressures - survey results (2018)

We asked members and colleagues in Emergency Departments about the challenges they face going into winter. Here are our core findings and full survey results.

Facing the Future - emergency care

Service planning

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Winter pressures and Paediatric Emergency Medicine – sharing solutions and best practice: meeting recording

On 28 September 2022, �鶹��ý hosted a meeting to address concerns regarding increased clinical pressures in UK Paediatric Emergency Departments ahead of winter and to share and discuss some potential solutions. Watch presentations from the meeting and an anonymised Q&A.

Area of medicine

Emergency medicine

Winter planning

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Winter pressures clinic in the ED - case study

Dr Stephen Mullen, Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, describes an initiative to introduce a Winter Pressures clinic in the Emergency Department.

Service design

Service planning

Winter planning

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Winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings - position statement

We are familiar with the stresses on emergency departments (EDs) each winter. Each child and young person who needs unscheduled care should have access to services that are high-quality, safe and effective. In this joint position statement from �鶹��ý, RCEM and RCN, we recommend a whole system a...

Emergency medicine

Service design

Winter planning

Document

Winter pressures in EDs in 2020-21

Winter pressures in emergency departments are familiar. The prospect of delivering emergency care through a winter season during the COVID-19 pandemic presents an extra challenge. We outline a range of good practice ideas that may help and support members tackling these issues this winter.

Emergency medicine

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

Models of care

Winter planning