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Content ArticleThis report, published by the National Child Mortality Database, is based on data for children who died between April 2019 and March 2020 in England, and finds a clear association between the risk of child death and the level of deprivation (for all categories of death except cancer). More specifically, Child Mortality and Social Deprivation states that over a fifth of all child deaths might be avoided if children living in the most deprived areas had the same mortality risk as those living in the least deprived – which translates to over 700 fewer children dying per year in England. The report’s authors are now calling on policy makers and those involved in planning and commissioning public health services as well as health and social care professionals to use the data in this report to develop, implement and monitor the impact of strategies and initiatives to reduce social deprivation and inequalities.
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Content ArticleSymptoms involving almost every organ system have been reported after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Estimates of the prevalence of long covid (also called post-covid-19 condition, post-acute sequelae of covid-19, or chronic covid syndrome) vary considerably, partly because of confusion around the definition. The term long covid encompasses a broad range of symptoms, including objective complications of covid-19 (pulmonary fibrosis, myocardial dysfunction), mental health conditions, and more subjective, non-specific symptoms resembling those seen in post-viral chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis). Most studies to date have substantial limitations, including small cohorts, absence of control groups, non-standardised capture of symptoms, lack of correction for pre-existing medical conditions, participant reported infection, and variation in follow-up, as well as selection, non-response, misclassification, and recall biases. In children and adolescents, acute Covid-19 is less severe than in adults. Concern among many parents has therefore focused more on the potential long term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Unfortunately, fewer data are available on long covid in young people compared with adults.
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Content ArticleThis presentation was given to the Colab Partnership virtual conference in July 2021. Gill Phillips, creator of the Whose Shoes? approach to coproduction and Dr Mary Salama, Consultant Paediatrician at Birmingham Children's Hospital, speak about genuine coproduction and why is it needed for children with medical complexity, giving practical examples from their work. A mother of a child with complex needs shares her lived experience, and paediatric surgeon Joanne Minford shares her experience of coproduction using Whose Shoes?
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Content ArticleUniversity Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust has published a guide to help parents and carers know what to do when young children fall ill. It gives advice on when and where to seek treatment for children suffering from common illnesses or injuries. The guidance, written by doctors, focuses on coughs, minor head injuries, vomiting and fever. The trust said it hoped to help families avoid long waits in A&E departments. Advice in the guide aims to help people decide whether to seek help from their GP, call 111, visit A&E or treat children at home.
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Content ArticleThe Health and Social Care Committee calls for urgent action to prevent mental health services slipping backwards as a result of additional demand created by the pandemic and the scale of unmet need prior to it.
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Content ArticleThe purpose of this investigation by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) is to help improve patient safety in relation to recognition of the acutely ill infant and child, recognising the difficulty in distinguishing between simple viral illnesses and life-threatening bacterial infections in very young patients. This Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch investigation reviewed the case of Mohammad, a baby who had become unwell and was taken to an emergency department by ambulance following a call to NHS 111. He arrived at 8.04pm and was considered to have a mild viral illness, subsequently being transferred to a paediatric observational ward, and discharged at 11.45pm with a diagnosis of likely bronchiolitis. At approximately 3.40am his mother contacted the ward as his condition worsened, which resulted in a 999 call. The ambulance crew did not consider that Mohammad was seriously ill so did not conduct a ‘blue light’ emergency transfer to hospital. Mohammad was admitted to the emergency department at approximately 4.40am and suffered a respiratory and then cardiac arrest at 5:28am, with attempts to resuscitate unsuccessful and stopped at 6:10am. Mohammad died of septicaemia caused by meningococcus (serogroup B) bacteria.
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Content ArticleOn 1 February the UK Health Security Agency warned that coverage of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine’s first dose had dropped below 90% in 2 year olds. By age 5, uptake of two doses had dropped to 85.5%—well below the World Health Organization’s 95% target needed for elimination of measles. The latest quarterly vaccination figures show very small drops in uptake in England from July to September 2020, and uptake continued to decline over the next year. And it’s not just MMR: small decreases have been seen in coverage of other childhood vaccines including the combined diphtheria, hepatitis B, Hib, polio, tetanus, and whooping cough vaccine, as well as those for rotavirus and meningitis B. But MMR is the one that public health officials worry about most because of historically lower uptake and the risks of outbreaks. With uptake of the MMR vaccine falling in the UK, Emma Wilkinson examines whether anti-vaccination sentiment around Covid-19 has played a part.
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Content ArticleEarly-years, primary and secondary education services have been severely affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, school healthcare services have also been affected in terms of accessibility and the flow of services. In this blog, Dr Ahmed Khalafalla looks at the effects of this disruption to education-based health services.
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Content ArticleThis is the fifth annual report on children’s mental health services in England from the Children's Commissioner. The report aims to assess children’s ability to access Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) in England in 2020/21, and how this has changed over the past two years. Using new figures sourced from NHS Digital and NHS England, this report examines the following at both a national and local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) level: Spending on children’s mental health. Numbers of children referred to and accessing CYPMHS. Numbers of children referred that were not accepted into treatment during the 2019/20 financial year, as proxied by the numbers not receiving two contacts with CYPMHS. Average waiting times.
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Content ArticleThis guide by the University of Birmingham's Institute for Mental Health is designed to help young people prepare to talk with their GP about self-harm and suicidal experiences. It contains advice about what to do before, during and after a GP visit.
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Content ArticleThis editorial in The Lancet examines the growing gap between the mental health needs of children and young people in the UK, and the services available to support them. It comments on the report by the Children's Commissioner 'The state of children’s mental health services 2018/19', which highlighted that an estimated 13% of children aged 5–19 years in England have a mental health disorder, with the true numbers of children affected are likely to be much higher. The article looks at treatment delays, long waiting lists and the denial of treatment for children whose symptoms are not considered 'serious enough'. It highlights chronic underfunding and lack of parity between physical and mental health problems as major causes.
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Content ArticleInfographic from Long Covid Kids & Friends on the obstacles and challenges families, children and young people with Long Covid face.
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EventuntilCare experienced young people are much more likely to experience poorer health, wellbeing, social and educational outcomes compared with the general population. These inequalities are not new, but were exacerbated by Covid-19 as care leavers experienced disrupted relationships and reduced access to support services. Specific groups of care leavers are likely to face additional disadvantages, such as those from ethnic minority backgrounds, unaccompanied refugee and asylum seeking children and/or disabled young people. Yet the health and health inequalities of young care leavers have largely been ignored within policy and practice. As part of AYPH’s youth health inequalities programme we reviewed the available evidence and undertook a youth engagement project with young people to draw together what we know. In this webinar you will hear directly from young people who will share their experiences of the barriers they face in leading healthy lives and accessing healthcare services. We will also highlight the latest available data on care leavers and health outcomes, demonstrating where inequalities exist for young people aged 10-25. During the event we will be launching two major publications that explore in more detail the role of care experience in understanding young people’s health, this will be the first opportunity to hear the learnings and recommendations from this research. The webinar is hosted jointly by the Association for Young People's Health and Coram Voice and will be co-chaired by a young person with experience on this topic. We will be joined by a range of expert speakers – more information to follow soon. Register for the webinar
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EventuntilVaccine uptake in the UK is dropping, and we are failing to meet the WHO’s 95% coverage target. To help address this, we must understand people’s attitudes and experiences of vaccines, so we can grasp their concerns and better support them. Children’s attitudes are important too, because they must feel empowered to make health decisions. RSPH research with Children and Young People (CYP) shows that they trust vaccines and think they are important to their health. However, trust varies by ethnicity, with results showing that 85% of white CYP trust vaccines, in comparison to 71% of Asian and 74% of black CYP. Knowledge varies around which vaccines they think are available to them and they do not necessarily know which vaccines they can have. Whilst 61% of CYP understood how vaccines worked, they reported concerns about side effects (63%), safety (57%), whether they will hurt (55%) and the costs of accessing vaccines (16%). These findings have practical implications for practitioners working with CYP and delivering vaccines. In this webinar, we will explore: The impact of inequalities on access to vaccines and information about vaccinations. What challenges the public health workforce face in delivering vaccines. How the workforce – and others involved in vaccine delivery - can be supported to develop and deliver vaccines programmes Register for the webinar
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NHS Confederation: Health beyond the hospital conference
Sam posted an event in Community Calendar
untilNHS Confederation are bringing together organisations working to treat people closer to home. This conference will offer an opportunity for senior leaders across health and care to come together and explore health beyond the hospital. Health beyond the hospital is a chance to come together with others working in this space to explore how we can work collaboratively to support people in their homes and the community. It will focus on three key themes: people with health conditions (older people; people with multiple and complex conditions; and children and young people); data and digital; and innovation. This will be a key opportunity for members and non-members to network with peers, to share knowledge and experience, as well as listen to experts from across healthcare. By focusing on what we can do together and uniting around patients we can shift the conversation to focus on treating people where they live and keeping them well at home. Register -
EventuntilThis Westminster conference will discuss next steps for improving health outcomes for children and young people in England. Delegates will assess the future of the new network of Family Hubs, with discussion on improving the coordination and accessibility of children’s care, as well as shifting focus towards early intervention and prevention, and improving the provision of support to families. It will be an opportunity to review progress on and next steps for The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days, which looks at providing support for local authorities in addressing the needs of children and their families, and consider the future of children’s health data. Further sessions will examine measures that were included in the Plan for Patients, which sets out to improve access to children’s mental health services, and enhance funding and regulation to reduce care backlogs. Overall, areas for discussion include: Family Hubs: progress made so far in implementation - addressing challenges in the transition to the family hub service model the role of community support - delivering long-term improvements to the lives of families - improving engagement and communication with families utilising the Family Hubs to improve coordination across support services - developing and sharing best practice across local authorities. Impact of poverty and cost of living pressures: latest thinking on approaches to mitigating the impact of poverty on child development understanding the economic pressures on families - addressing their impact children’s health implementing early intervention and prevention programmes - applying lessons learnt from the Surestart programme. Developing child health services: addressing waiting times and care backlogs - returning service provision to pre-pandemic levels. next steps for regulation and funding - the role of integrated care systems in supporting local needs. Mental health support: developing the community-based offer for mental health support - enabling service coordination meeting the increased demand for services - evaluating resource allocation early years development: progress made following publication of the final Leadsom Review - acting on the recommendations - the future for health visiting and child development checks. Digital health and data sharing: opportunities and issues arising from the use and sharing of child health data - increasing the quality of NHS records to improve outcomes - faster identification of health and social concerns latest thinking on data sharing practices - evaluating digital security provisions, Register
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EventuntilIn this webinar you will hear directly from young people who will share their experiences of the barriers they face in leading healthy lives and accessing healthcare services. We will also highlight the latest available data on ethnicity and health outcomes, demonstrating where inequalities exist for young people aged 10-25. During the event we will be launching two major publications that explore in more detail the role of ethnicity in understanding young people’s health, this will be the first opportunity to hear the learnings and recommendations from this research. The webinar is hosted jointly by the Association for Young People's Health and the Race Equality Foundation and will be Co-Chaired by a young person with experience on this topic. We will be joined by a range of expert speakers. Sign up for the webinar
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EventuntilEvent overview: Attend the first Paediatric Patient Safety & Human Factors Conference hosted by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Taking a patient-centred approach, this event will bring together experts to consider the challenges of patient safety in paediatrics. It will explore human behaviours that influence safety in healthcare as well as ways to improve safety for children and young people. It will also discuss ways to support patients, families and colleagues when things go wrong and how we can learn from these events. This event is open to all paediatric healthcare professionals including medical, nursing, AHP, administrative and support staff. Event objectives: To share knowledge and develop a better understanding of the impact of compassion on patient safety in paediatrics. To discuss the challenges in patient safety, ways to support families and colleagues when challenges persist and how to learn from events to reduce the likelihood of harm. To explore innovations in paediatric patient safety and share this knowledge. To foster and expand paediatric patient safety networks, to collectively improve care for children and their families. Register
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EventuntilNHS England (NHSE) and Picker are pleased to announce a National Insight Webinar designed to unpick the results of the 2021 Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey (U16 CPES). The webinar is dedicated to helping NHS teams, providers, charities, commissioners, and the wider public to better understand their results, identify areas for action, and place person centred care at the heart of operations. Register
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EventThis one-day masterclass, facilitated by Glenys Hurt-Robson, Associate Facilitator, The Athena Programme, will support you to develop your role and responsibility as a Designated Safeguarding Officer / Designated Safeguarding Lead / Named Professional for safeguarding in your organisation. It will enable you to understand one or both of the child and adult abuse investigation processes under Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and / or the Care Act 2014. This course will connect emotionally with your safeguarding core. It will stimulate and support you as you reflect on the key responsibilities of the role and how these relate to your organisational context. Against a backdrop of current safeguarding legislation (Children Act 2004, Care Act 2014) it will help you examine your own role and the roles of others in the multi-agency world of protecting and supporting children and adults at risk. The skills and knowledge gained will raise your awareness of current risks and allow you to proactively develop your safeguarding role. The course will assist in building your resilience in dealing with allegations against staff and in-depth understanding of how to protect and support those involved. The content is based on current NHS Intercollegiate Documents - Roles and Competencies for Safeguarding and pitched at NHS level 4 for named professionals. Register
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EventuntilThis webinar is jointly sponsored by the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) and American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (AAP COQIPS) Join us for our first ISQua - AAP COQIPS webinar! In this interactive webinar you will learn about implementation tools and resources to decrease medication errors in the ambulatory paediatrics setting. These tools can also be applied to children with medical complexity, who are frequently at higher risk for medication errors due to challenges with care fragmentation, miscommunication, and polypharmacy. Register for the webinar
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EventuntilEntrenched health inequalities have come to the fore over the past couple of years and we have seen some of the sharpest declines in health and wellbeing for our children, young people and their families. Never has there been a more urgent need to address the link between wider social, economic and environmental causes to the increased risk of poor public health and mental health. These are best understood and addressed at a local level by people and organisations that have relationships and knowledge of the nuances and cultures of individuals and communities. The formation of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) represents a significant opportunity for Boards to engage the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in order to enable a truly integrated Health and Social Care System to be delivered. These new arrangements which will bring together local system partners should serve to strengthen relationships between the NHS and VCSE sector and promote greater equity. This free webinar, co-produced and sponsored by Barnardo’s, brings together an esteemed panel of experts to discuss how we make the most of these opportunities at this critical time, as well as showcasing innovative VCSE projects that are delivering improved outcomes for children, young people and their families. Register for the webinar
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Community PostAbout 1000 angry nurses and doctors have rallied outside Perth Children’s Hospital in Australia following the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath, demanding vital improvements to the state’s struggling health system. The Australian Nurses Federation was joined by the Australian Medical Association for the rally, with staff from hospitals across Perth attending. Many people held signs that read “We care about Aishwarya”, “Listen to frontline staff”, “Report the executive — not us” and “Please don’t throw me under the bus”. Aishwarya developed a fever on Good Friday and was taken to Perth Children’s Hospital the next day, but had to wait about two hours in the emergency department before she received treatment. She died soon after from a bacterial infection. An internal report into the tragedy made 11 recommendations — including improvement to the triage process, a clear way for parents to escalate concerns and a review of cultural awareness for staff — but Aishwarya’s parents said the report raised more questions than it answered. The family wants a broader independent inquiry to look at all 21 near-misses in the past 15 months – not just their daughter’s case. Some people have been referred to medical authorities, while Child and Adolescent Health Service chair Debbie Karasinski resigned after the report.' I am encouraged to see the way healthcare staff reacted to this tragedy. Imagine a similar event in England, would nurses protest outside the hospital and stand up to authority like this? I doubt it very much, which is very sad reflection on the prevailing culture and health leadership in England. What do others think? Source: The Australian. 9 July 2021 Picture: Picture: 9 News
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Content ArticleTwo years after his 13-year-old child died needlessly in hospital, Paul Laity reflects on life without her. Martha Mills died of septic shock due to a series of serious failures in her care after she injured her pancreas in a cycling accident. Her father Paul talks about the ongoing pain of grief, and the additional burden of knowing that Martha's death was preventable, caused by the complacency of her doctors and a culture in the hospital that meant consultants were reluctant to ask expert advice from paediatric ICU. "Martha’s avoidable death was unusual in that the prime causes weren’t overwork or a lack of resources, but complacency, overconfidence and the culture on the ward. What upsets me most was that the consultants – a different one most days – took a punt that she was going to be OK over the weekend. No one assumed responsibility; they hoped for the best rather than playing safe. Was everything done for Martha that could have been done? Emphatically not. It’s very hard to live with this knowledge. But just as hard is the recognition that I, too, didn’t do enough." Further reading ‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death (The Guardian, 3 September 2022) Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Martha Mills (28 February 2022)
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The Family Oops and Burns First Aid eBook
Kristina Stiles posted an article in Recommended books and literature
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'The Family Oops and Burns First Aid' is a free children's book written by Kristina Stiles, beautifully illustrated by Jill Latter, created to support children and their families learning about burns prevention and first aid principles together. The book describes an accident prone family who are not burns aware, who have to go to school to learn about burn safety and first aid principles within the home. The book is aimed at KS1 children and their families, and is available as hard copy book by request from Children's Burns Trust and also as an audio/video book via YouTube.
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