Child and adolescent mortality

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to Bliss and Sands bereavement audit

10 December 2018

Baby loss charities, Sands and Bliss, have today released a report which reveals that most services lack sufficient specialist staffing input and appropriate facilities to support grieving families. Dr David Evans responds.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to Welsh Assembly member's proposals on a 20mph speed limit

3 October 2018

The RCPCH supports calls in the Welsh Assembly for the introduction of a 20mph speed limit in built up, residential areas in Wales.

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Adverse effects of indoor air pollution on child health to be investigated in first ever UK review

19 June 2018

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to new report on still birth and neonatal deaths

15 June 2018

RCPCH President Russell Viner respond to today's report by MBRRACE-UK, which aims to analyse data and evaluate improvements in healthcare for mothers and babies.

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

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to new child mortality study

3 May 2018

English under 5's are one and half times more likely to die than those living in Sweden. RCPCH responds to new paper published in Lancet.

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Global child health - our impact

Since our foundation, we at RCPCH 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. For more than 20 years, RCPCH G...

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health

Continuing professional development

Health inequalities

Quality improvement

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About the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP)

The NNAP supports professionals, families and commissioners to improve care provided by neonatal services who look after babies born too early, with a low birth weight or who have a medical condition requiring specialist treatment.

Child and adolescent mortality

Intensive care medicine

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Child Health Reviews - UK : Retrospective epidemiological review of all-cause mortality

CHR-UK was a UK-wide programme of work, systematically examining mortality and morbidity in children and young people between their 1st and 18th birthdays. This report is a retrospective epidemiological review of all-cause mortality in the four nations of the UK.

Child and adolescent mortality

Research

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Using quality improvement methodology to reduce central line associated blood stream infections - a case study for NNAP

This case study was included in the 2017 National Neonatal Audit Programme annual report to highlight how a neonatal unit has used its results from the National Neonatal Audit Programme as a basis to identify and implement local quality improvement activities. You can download full case study below.

Child and adolescent mortality

Intensive care medicine

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Secondary care

Clinical guidelines and standards

Infant health

Quality improvement