Introduction Cerebral palsy (CP) is a non-progressive condition involving movement and muscle tone difficulties due to injury to the developing brain. Most cases arise around birth, but a smaller ...

Objectives Guidance is currently lacking in the UK regarding which children and young people (CAYP) should be referred for ...

2 Dept of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK Correspondence to: Dr S F Ahmed, Dept of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow G3 8SJ, UK; ...

Letter: Comparison of hospital admission and antibiotic usage before and after the initiation of long-term respiratory support in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a retrospective cohort ...

Correspondence to Dr Moira S Cheung, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; Moira.Cheung{at}gstt.nhs.uk Background Achondroplasia is associated ...

Objectives The ‘Garden for the Future’ project aimed to redesign an outdated, inaccessible and underused outdoor play area at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. The project was sparked ...

Estimates for the UK suggest that alcohol consumption during pregnancy and prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)—the most common neurodevelopmental condition—are high. Considering the ...

Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK Background: Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) in children is associated with a high incidence of serious ...

Aims: To estimate the annual incidence of hospitalisations due to severe complications of varicella, describe the complications and estimate annual mortality. Methods: Active surveillance throughout ...

Early Years Research Programme, Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK Correspondence to Professor Alison Mary Kemp, Institute of Primary Care and ...

Correspondence to Dr Kate Armon, Paediatric Department, Jenny Lind Children's Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK; Kate.armon{at}nnuh.nhs.uk Research ...

4 Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety—Queensland, Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Professor Karen ...