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  1. Guide to available datasets and reports about children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

    A guide to available datasets and reports for children and young people on mental health and wellbeing. The guide signposts the information and resources we believe will be helpful to commissioners, hospital trusts and others. The ability to measure the work that we do and what we achieve for and with our patients is an […]

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  2. Alternative acute out-of-hospital models of care for children and young people

    This report is aimed at commissioners interested in developing new models to deliver out-of-hospital healthcare services for children and young people. The document describes the audit that was carried out across six London emergency departments during a two-week period in February and March 2016. During the audit, clinicians reviewed 3,020 children and young people attendances from 10am […]

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  3. London epilepsy guide for schools

    This document is intended to enable schools to manage children and young people with epilepsy effectively in an early years or school setting. Recommendations and guidelines contained within are derived from clinical practices and from contributions from stakeholders across London. The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a legal duty on schools to look after children […]

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  4. Common paediatric conditions: primary care e-learning

    Free online e-learning resources are available for primary care teams. All items listed are online modules unless otherwise specified. Resources are listed according to the Royal College of General Practice’s curriculum for children and young people.  Please share this information with your colleagues. If there are resources you think should be included on this list please get […]

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  5. Young people generate ideas for tackling childhood obesity

    Young people generate ideas for tackling childhood obesity More than 60 young people from across London attended our Healthy London Hackathon at City Hall on Saturday 28 January. The 14-17 year-olds discussed how London makes it harder to be healthy, brainstormed ideas for making London healthier for children and young people, and then worked in […]

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  6. Out-of-hospital care standards for children and young people

    Guidance for providing out-of-hospital care for London’s children and young people. Out-of-hospital care describes any care that is not undertaken in a traditional hospital setting. This could include healthcare in the community, at the patient’s home, school or workplace, or at a GP practice. This document is for London’s commissioners and providers of out-of-hospital healthcare […]

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  7. Improving care for children and young people with mental health crisis in London

    Recommendations for transforming London’s health and care for London’s children and young people. The purpose of this guide is to support the development of accessible, consistent and effective care for children and young people experiencing a mental health crisis in London. It contains seven recommendations, alongside indicative timelines, for commissioners and providers to implement to […]

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  8. Population data for children and young people

    Data packs about children and young people to support London sustainability and transformation planning. Included is general data describing clinical commissioning group (CCG) children and young people populations, larger population groupings and some population health behaviours. Downloads

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