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School referrals for mental health treatment rise by a third

11 May 2018

�鶹��ý's Dr Max Davie responds to new figures from the NSPCC which reveal the number of referrals by schools seeking mental health treatment for pupils has risen by over a third in the last three years.

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Service evaluation - NHS 111

The NHS 111 project aims to evaluate urgent and emergency care services and provide system-wide learning for commissioners and providers to deliver better care for children and young people.

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Research Consultation Committee

Brings together research leads from paediatric specialty groups and special interest groups to support the �鶹��ý in increasing, strengthening and delivering child health research.

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BPSU study - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS)

Surveillance of children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in transition between children’s services and adult services (CATCh-uS) focused on what happens to young people with ADHD when they are too old to stay with children’s services. Surveillance was also run in...

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BPSU study - Acute rheumatic fever

Surveillance of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in children and young people aged 16 years and younger concluded in May 2016. The study is being led by Dr Mary Salama of Birmingham Children's Hospital, winner of the Sir Peter Tizard Bursary. The study group are yet to publish their findings.

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BPSU study - Type 2 diabetes

Surveillance of type 2 diabetes in children and young people less than 17 years of age concluded in April 2016. This is a repeat of study from 2005 and the research team hope to identify the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in children and young people and understand how this has changed...

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BPSU study - Enterovirus and parechovirus meningitis

Surveillance of enterovirus and parechovirus meningitis in infants less than 90 days of age concluded in July 2015. The study team hope to understand the clinical burden of the condition. A paper has now been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood - see below link to the abstract.

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BPSU study - Neonatal exchange blood transfusion (EBT)

Surveillance of neonatal exchange blood transfusion (EBT) in infants of 28 days of age or under in the United Kingdom and Ireland concluded in October 2015. The study aims to ascertain the current incidence and complication rates of EBT, as well as the practical difficulties of performing an EBT. Th...

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BPSU study - Group B streptococcal disease (GBS)

Surveillance of Group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in British and Irish infants less than 90 days of age concluded in April 2015. Knowledge of the current epidemiology in this age group is needed to assess the impact of current guidelines and provide baseline information for a GBS vaccine programme...

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BPSU study - Complete and incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD)

Surveillance of complete and incomplete Kawasaki disease (KD) in British and Irish children concluded in February 2015. A paper has now been published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. A link to the abstract can be found below. In addition a webinar has now been produced outlining some of the...

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