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Updated guidance on valproate use in women and girls of childbearing years is published

This guidance, updated in December 2020 and endorsed by Âé¶¹´«Ã½, has been produced to inform all healthcare professionals of best practice around the use and prescribing of valproate. It supports them to navigate situations that could arise as a result of prescribing valproate to women during childbea...
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COVID-19 &Us - views from Âé¶¹´«Ã½ &Us

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ &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.
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UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report

The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has today published State of Child Health 2020, the largest ever compilation of data on the health of babies, children and young people across all four UK nations. The report shows that for many measures of children’s health and wellbeing, progress has stalled, or is in reverse – something...