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Urgent mental health referrals for children and young people hit record high

The numbers of urgent referrals of children and young people to specialist mental health crisis team...

NICE issues new guidance on faltering growth in children

GPs should advise parents of underweight children to allow their child to be 'messy' with their food...

Paediatric GP advisory service helps reduce unnecessary referrals

GPs in south London have reduced unnecessary referrals to secondary care using the website Definitiv...

GPs can co-ordinate care for children showing sexualised behaviour, says NICE

GPs should be prepared to take the lead in co-ordinating care and support for children where there a...

Children with long-term illness 'need named GPs and longer appointments'

Children diagnosed with a long-term condition should have longer appointments and a named GP to impr...

Newborn baby: warning over SIDS risk (Photo: PhotoDisc)

GPs urged to warn parents about risk of sudden infant death syndrome

GPs and other health professionals should inform parents and carers that sleeping in the same bed as...

Dr Rose: Barriers to GP scan access causing 'frustration and dismay' (photo: Pete Hill)

Ban on GP access to hospital tests hampering early diagnosis, GPs warn

The lack of GP direct access to hospital-based diagnostic tests is blocking early detection of disea...

Heel prick test: NHS will screen for an expanded range of genetic disorders (photo: iStock)

Newborns to be screened for four new genetic disorders

Newborn babies will be screened by the NHS for four more genetic disorders following advice from exp...

Breastfeeding: may protect infants against future heart disease (photo: Jason Heath Lancy)

Breastfeeding cuts adult heart disease risk, study suggests

Breastfeeding may greatly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease well into adulthood, research su...

A child having a blood test for diabetes

DH maps 'unacceptable' child healthcare gaps

The DH has mapped variations in child healthcare in a bid to encourage GP commissioners to stamp out...

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