Emergency medicine

News

�� announces audit of emergency standards with new toolkit

12 December 2018

Dr John Criddle, Chair of the �� Intercollegiate Committee for Standards for Children in Emergency Care Settings, responds to the news.

News

Health safety body launch button battery awareness campaign

7 December 2018

Officer for Health Promotion, Dr Max Davie, urges parents to make sure casing around batteries in toys and electrical devices are secure and says if in doubt, "don't take the risk".

News

Have increased winter pressures made it more challenging to deliver paediatric emergency care?

25 October 2018

We have surveyed our members to understand their experiences of winter pressures in Emergency Departments that treat children.

Document

The case for investing in integrated child health services for the acutely unwell child and long term conditions

This information bundle presents a model for how an integrated children's service (ICS) within a primary care network could improve child health outcomes. This information was presented to NHS England to inform the development of their long term plan.

News

�� responds to Unicef air pollution research

18 September 2018

UK children are exposed to more than 60% of their daily air pollution intake during the school run and while at school, new research has shown today.

News

Campaign launches to improve management of childhood asthma

3 September 2018

�� supports the #Ask��Asthma campaign as NHS in London ask sufferers to ‘take three small steps to improve lives’.

News

�� Global expands further in Sierra Leone

30 August 2018

We have won two major grants to continue delivering the national Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) programme with Ministry of Health and WHO, and to develop a national paediatric nurse training and mentoring programme alongside this.

Health Foundation - Clinician Scientist Fellowships [CLOSED]

Provides five years of funding to enable talented clinicians to pursue academic research alongside their clinical practice.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Funding amount range

£250,001 to £500,000

Maximum duration

5 years

News

More expertise needed to safeguard children’s urgent and emergency care services, say doctors

4 June 2018

New standards for emergency care settings highlight the need to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services.

Resource

Global child health - our impact

Since our foundation, we at �� have embraced a commitment, beyond our work in the UK, to improving child health in the world's poorest countries. We train, mentor and advise on a wide range of medical issues which affect infant and child care services worldwide. Take a look at what we do, watch v...

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health