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SNOMED-CT - Best practice videos

In these short videos, Dr Karen Horridge, a consultant in paediatric disability, explains why all clinicians should engage with data capture at the point of care to make each and every need of all patients visible. She explains how she used SNOMED-CT to collect data in Sunderland Royal Hospital and ...

Health policy

Data

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GDPR: six months on

25 November 2018

The General Data Protection Regulation, along with the Data Protection Act 2018, replaced the Data Protection Act 1998 on 25 May 2018. Here we address some of the common misconceptions about the legislation six months after it came into effect.

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Improving parental consultation within 24 hours of admission - a case study for NNAP

This case study from The Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was included in the 2018 annual report on 2017 data, and highlights how some neonatal units have used NNAP results as a basis for identifying, and undertaking, local quality improvement activities.

Neonatal medicine

Data

Quality improvement

News

GDPR: What has changed?

9 August 2018

In the first of a new series of blogs advising RCPCH members how to be compliant with GDPR, our Information Governance Manager, Adele Picken, looks at some key changes implemented at the College, including a new member representative role on our Data Protection Committee.

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BPSU - Annual reports

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) has published its first Five-Year Report, bringing together the Unit's achievements and impact between 2021 and 2025. The report showcases how national surveillance of rare childhood conditions has informed research, policy and clinical care across the...

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data files

As part of the NPDA’s commitment to transparency and open data, this page provides downloadable datasets covering key measures from the audit. The files include information at unit, regional, ICS and national levels, as well as survey outputs (PREM data) from parents, carers, children and young peop...

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Data

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How to submit a data request for education and training research

Each year, paediatricians or those working in medical education request some RCPCH exam or assessment data so they can undertake research or, often, analyse as part of their M.Ed. dissertations.

Data

Research

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About the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA)

The NPDA collects information on the care and diabetes outcomes of all children and young people receiving care from paediatric diabetes teams in England, Wales and Jersey and reports an annual core dataset. The sole aim is to provide information that leads to an improved quality of care for thos...

Clinical guidelines and standards

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Informatics for Quality

Informatics is used in everyday actions of healthcare professionals. It enables the delivery of high quality, accurate and timely care to patients - from booking appointments to conducting surgical procedures. In particular, SNOMED-CT is an international terminology for recording patient data, and y...

Data

Digital health

Service design

Networks for health services

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Changes to how the College manages personal data

20 September 2017

In May 2018 the rules governing how we manage data are due to change and become more rigorous, so you may notice differences in how we collect and manage your information. Data protection affects every single RCPCH member, so we’ve created a short guide to the changes and what you can expect from th...