Draft guidance from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) outlines what the best palliative care for children looks like.
It emphasises the need for infants, children and young people to be treated as individuals and highlights the importance of children and their families being involved in decisions about care.
Comparing children to themselves over time, we provide evidence that increases in county-level unemployment are associated with increased overweight/obesity risk. Given that overweight among children with lower economic resources remains a challenge for public health, these findings highlight the importance of policy-level approaches, which aim to mitigate the impact of decreased resources as economic conditions change. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
This strategy looks at how to improve services, support and advice for care leavers. It makes recommendations for local and national government, and wider sectors of society.
Information and analysis on early intervention policies aimed at parents and children from conception to age five, covering health, education, social development and financial benefits. This paper also looks at broader arguments around early intervention as a policy approach.
Children in England suffering from a rare form of muscular dystrophy should soon be able to access the only drug for their condition after a ground-breaking agreement was reached between NHS England and the manufacturer.
Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
CHILDREN OFTEN SERVE THEIR OWN 'hidden sentences' when a parent goes to prison. These children often experience very negative impacts on their emotional and social wellbeing and may receive no voluntary or statutory support. Highly skilled in empathy and engagement, community practitioners such as health visitors and school nurses can play a crucial role in identifying and safeguarding this potentially vulnerable group of children. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The ‘Healthy Little Eaters’ programme is a targeted intervention funded by Brent Council and delivered by dietitians from Brent Community Services, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust. The programme is set in Children’s Centers across Brent and aims to improve health and wellbeing of children under five and their families. It is delivered over eight to ten weeks, each week focusing on a different nutrition and eating topic where parents learn about: reducing sugar and salt; foods for bone health; label reading; importance of fruit and vegetables; fussy eating and weaning.
We compared the outcomes of manual and motorized instrumented ankle spasticity assessments in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Health clinics for children in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale helped to reduce the number of visits to A&E, urgent care and GP practices during the busy winter period.
Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Clinics (PNPC), run by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, ran from 31 October 2015 to 31 March 2016. During the period, nurse practitioners from the Rochdale borough Children’s Community Nursing Team saw 1,666 young people; providing assessment, treatment, advice and medication.
A new texting service to enhance the way young people can access health advice has been launched by Nottinghamshire Healthcare’s School Nursing Service.
Young people talking with a school nurse about new texting service With more and more children and young people using hand held mobile devices in their daily lives, the ChatHealth text service is an easy way for young people to confidentially ask for help about a range of issues, or make an appointment with a school nurse. They can also find out how to access other local services including emotional support or sexual health services. In pilot areas in the country such as Leicestershire already using ChatHealth, pupils have said they like using the messaging service because it is less embarrassing, quick and easy, anonymous and non-judgemental.
The large-scale research study – Healthy Start, Happy Start – has been running since July last year in Camden and Hillingdon, and also Islington and Oxfordshire.
It aims to help improve children’s development and behaviour and support families by intervening early, potentially preventing early behavioural problems.
Aims: The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to assess the effectiveness of interventions using iPad applications compared to traditional occupational therapy on visual-motor integration (VMI) in school-aged children with poor VMI skills. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
NICE - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – has said it will not be able to recommend Orkambi (lumacaftor-ivacaftor, Vertex Pharmaceuticals) for treating cystic fibrosis.
NICE - the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – has issued advice to parents, carers and clinicians on spotting and managing bronchiolitis – a chest infection – in babies and young children.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have developed a new 10 step transition pathway for children on their journey into adult health care settings.
The main aim of this study was to compare the long-term effect on glycometabolic control of eHealth intervention and traditional care in T1DM SAP-treated adolescents. In our study we demonstrated a favorable impact of monthly teleassistance on treatment compliance. Adolescents receiving frequent feedback provided by the medicalmultidisciplinary team, You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.