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Rapid access service - Hillingdon Hospital

This page provides a best practice example for standard 2 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which outlines the hot clinic provided in Hillingdon Hospital. The hot clinic prevents children from attending A&E unnecessarily by providing rapid access to a consultant for any chil...

Primary care

Secondary care

Service design

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Integrated care

Models of care

Service planning

Resource

GP access to immediate consultant paediatrician telephone advice - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

This page provides a best practice example for standard 1 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which outlines the GP hotline service at Wexham Park Hospital. Providing telephone communication allows GP to access advice on admission avoidance, outpatient department avoidance and...

Primary care

Secondary care

Service design

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Service planning

News

A movement for child health: where next?

11 February 2019

The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our “Two years on scorecards” – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...

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Tax relief on examinations

You may be able to claim tax relief in the United Kingdom on fees for the M�� and Diploma of Child Health (DCH) examinations since 2010. You will need to send a letter and evidence to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Examinations

News

�� responds to social media and screen time guidance from Chief Medical Officers

7 February 2019

The UK's Chief Medical Officers have issued guidance on children and young people's use of social media and screen time.

News

Toxic air harming children across 86% of UK

5 February 2019

Unicef has launched a campaign that aims to protect children and young people from the UK's toxic air.

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Health transition resources

This page provides guidance and resources for delivering an effective transition from children's to adults' health services. We highlight five key determinants that ensure young people are provided with high quality care throughout the transition process.

Learning disability or learning difficulty

Adolescent health

Transition to adult

News

Significant gaps in the workforce - findings from our census

1 February 2019

This week we released our key workforce report, which uses �� census data to formulate essential workforce policy recommendations. The paediatric workforce must be prioritised in workforce planning to improve child health outcomes in the UK.

News

Supporting treatment and appropriate medication in paediatrics - our pledge

1 February 2019

We have worked with NHS England on a programme to ensure children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both are able to access appropriate medication, and are not prescribed inappropriate psychotropic medication. Find out more and read our full pledge.

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�� Progress+ domain resources: Education and training

Teaching is the key element for all paediatricians, be that teaching their colleagues, children or families. This is one of a series of resources - developed with and by trainees, supervisors and children and young people - to support trainees in understanding and achieving a domain in the curriculu...

Paediatric training