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Blue background, white box with text in black reading: 'Every child deserves to be heard before they reach crisis point. Early support hubs and drop in centres are lifelines for teenagers - safe spaces where they can talk to a trusted professional and get help quickly before problems become overwhelming.' Small font underneath reading #WorldMentalHealthDay. The Children's Society logo at the bottom centre.

Nearly two children in every classroom in England have asked for mental health support.

For many, mental health issues begin in childhood.

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, it's important to understand how vital early support is to tackle problems before they become overwhelming.

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We are very happy to announce the new-look PIF TICK website is now live.

The revamped PIF TICK website helps people find trusted health information and avoid dangerous misinformation.

See the updated PIF TICK website here: piftick.org.uk
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Better child vaccine uptake needed as preparation for future pandemics Improving uptake of vaccinations against preventable diseases is essential to protect children in the event of future pandemics, said the CNO.

Better child vaccine uptake needed as preparation for future pandemics

Improving uptake of vaccinations against preventable diseases such as measles is essential to protect children and young people in the event of a future pandemic, England's CNO has warned.

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RCEM Blog: ADHD and the Emergency Physician - RCEM Paul Robinson, post CCT clinician and Co-Lead for Neurodiversity on the College Equity Committee, shares his personal journey with ADHD for Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

🧠 October is ADHD Awareness Month – a time to raise awareness, challenge stigma, and better understand how ADHD affects people in all areas of life, including healthcare.

In this powerful RCEM blog, emergency physician Paul Robinson shares his lived experience of ADHD:

Stuttering and Neurodiversity Across the Lifespan: A Moveable Feast Purpose: This viewpoint explores the idea that a neurodiversity-affirming social model and a medical model of stuttering health care are not mutu...

This viewpoint explores the idea that a #neurodiversity-affirming social model and a medical model of stuttering health care are not mutually exclusive. In all cases, they should be used in combination.

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Pediatric cardiac arrest outcome prediction using data-driven machine learning of early quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) features Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury drives poor outcomes after pediatric cardiac arrest, highlighting the need for early prognostication. This study evaluates whether machine learning models using a high-di...

Pediatric cardiac arrest outcome prediction using data-driven machine learning of early quantitative electroencephalogram (qEEG) features - Resuscitation www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S030...

This World Mental Health Day, we're thinking of... The 1.8m people waiting for support. The millions of unpaid mental health carers. Anyone who has been bereaved by suicide. The 52,458 Mental Health Act detentions last year. Hardworking staff in overstretched MH services

😤 Those of us severely affected by mental illness are too often left behind.

Awareness is great, but we need to see action.

#WorldMentalHealthDay

Facing the Future – standards for children and young people in emergency care settings

RCPCH - October 2025 These standards outline how to deliver safe, high quality and integrated care for children and young people in Paediatric Emergency Departments in the UK. The 5th edition of the standards…

Everyone deserves access to mental health support.

We’ve gathered resources on how EM departments can improve access—for patients and for the workforce.

Start here 👉 rcem.ac.uk/blog/worl...

The Digital Generation | Young People On Health And Care Tech | The King's Fund Ahead of our conference with Barnardo’s in November, two young people tell us how they use technology to engage with health care.

The digital generation – young people’s thoughts on health and care technology

The Bone & Joint Journal Podcasts. Title: Hip surveillance in children with cerebral palsy in the UK With Andrew Duckworth, Katie Hughes and Daniel Perry. Image of newborn baby feet.

👶 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🎙️

Andrew Duckworth, @katiephughes.bsky.social and Daniel Perry explore why hip surveillance is so important in children with cerebral palsy.

#CerebralPalsy #Pediatrics #Orthopedics #NHS #UK

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Neonatal care – summary report 2024 data (NNAP)

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) has published a summary report on 2024 data. This report finds that the proportion of very preterm babies, born between 24 and 32 weeks gestational age, who die…

Solving the SEND crisis.

House of Commons Education Committee; 2025. A new Education Committee report calls for a root and branch transformation of the way mainstream education caters to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).] Solving the SEND crisis.

YouTube video by BCHFT Knowledge and Library Services Introduction to Health Literacy (Full version)

And their much fuller introduction to #Healthliteracy

YouTube video by BCHFT Knowledge and Library Services Health Literacy: What is Health Literacy?

Check out this fantastic video on #healthliteracy from @bchftlibrary.bsky.social

Deficits in Motor Skills and Upper Limb Proprioception in Children With Developmental Language Disorder Background: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) often exhibit motor difficulties and impaired somatosensory perception. While lim...

#JSLHR study finds that children w/ #DLD exhibit impairments in both motor skills & upper limb proprioceptive acuity. https://on.asha.org/48PhwRt

@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #devlangdis

Teach Back - The Health Literacy Place The teach back method is a useful way to confirm that the information you provide is being understood by getting people to 'teach back' what has been discussed and what instruction has been given. Thi...

It’s really important to use teachback to confirm that the information we provide is understood.

#Healthliteracy

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Did you know that gendered attitudes are ingrained by the time a child turns 10?🤔

Next week, we are running an online course for anyone supporting young people in a professional capacity to explore and challenge gender stereotypes.

Book your ticket now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...

Read our latest article by Rook et al. on the effects of visualised narrative medical metaphor-based (Medifoors) explanations on children’s and parental self-reported understanding and children’s recall of disease explanation. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.47368/ejh...

Space for play is being ‘designed-out’ of urban childhoods  - ARC Children growing up in British cities face barriers to safe, playable spaces as financial constraints, policy misalignment and housing pressures cause

🚨Tune in now! @clairecameron.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk is on BBC Radio 4 "Three Ages of Child" discussing PUSH project research on children's play in urban environments.
🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kfpq

See how YHARC researchers contribute to this project: tinyurl.com/4m8dvnuw

Feeding Profit – How food environments are failing children

Unicef - September 2025 In 2025, the global prevalence of obesity among school-age children and adolescents exceeded underweight for the first time. This dramatic shift in the face of malnutrition jeopardizes the health and future…

Autistic moms feel shamed and stigmatized by Trump’s Tylenol warning Trump's remarks linking Tylenol to autism are a return to an era when mothers were blamed for children developing the disorder.

“I’m sitting there and I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, you’re gonna blame Tylenol and parents taking Tylenol? Even if it was accurate, there are bigger dangers than being autistic.”
Autistic moms feel shamed and stigmatized by Trump’s Tylenol warning
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Youths seeking gender-affirming care can sometimes find themselves at odds with certain sociopolitical or religious beliefs, oftentimes within their own family. This article describes how clinicians can provide care while balancing a relationship with both parties.

#thekidexperts #bioethics #peds

YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's Science in 5 - Little lungs, big risks: The RSV threat to infants - 25 September 2025

Did you know that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of infant hospitalizations worldwide?

Each year, it claims over 100 000 young lives.

In this Science in 5 episode, WHO’s Dr Daniel Feikin shares how new immunization options can protect your baby.

October 2025 "October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book." - John Sinor (1930-1996), in San Diego Union-Tribune

October 2025

"October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book." - John Sinor (1930-1996), in San Diego Union-Tribune

Quote from a correspondence published in The Lancet entitled 'Improving survival and reducing suffering for children with NCDs.' Quote reads: [The Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly6 on the prevention and control of NCDs] is an opportunity to galvanise a global movement for children with chronic and catastrophic diseases, especially cancers and sickle cell disease, and ensure they are no longer left behind.

NCDs affect more than 2 billion children and adolescents each year.

In a new letter, authors call for a shift from generalised #NCD strategies to specific, child-centred commitments backed by:
➡️ Global frameworks
➡️ Measurable targets
➡️ Long-term investment

🔗 tinyurl.com/3ryn7w74

The K in the Misinformation UnMASKED guide #MisinformationUnmasked is for Knowledge. Who wrote the information? Are they a reliable authority on the topic? @penninecarenhs.bsky.social
@rmcnallynhs.bsky.social @laurajeffreys.bsky.social

Maternal Linguistic Input to Infants Born to Mothers With and Without Postpartum Psychosis and Infant Language Skills: A Preliminary Study Purpose: This preliminary study investigated maternal linguistic input (MLI) to infants born to mothers with and without postpartum psychosis (PP...

#OpenAccess article in #AJSLP: Maternal Linguistic Input to Infants Born to Mothers With & Without Postpartum Psychosis and Infant Language Skills: A Preliminary Study https://on.asha.org/46sOJ2w

@sigperspectives.bsky.social @opencsd.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps

Review Article Advancing Diagnostic Excellence through Medical Education in Diagnostic Equity An illustration of a doctor talking to his patient while looking at a computer monitor

Medical education in diagnosis that teaches about diagnostic inequities, equity considerations, and equitable diagnostic communication can lead to greater diagnostic equity. Read the latest Review Article in the Medical Education series: nej.md/3VRmANT

#MedSky #MedEd

Chief midwife reassures over paracetamol safety during pregnancy Kate Brintworth, chief midwifery officer for England, has stressed that paracetamol remains the first choice of painkiller during pregnancy.

Chief midwife reassures over paracetamol safety during pregnancy

Kate Brintworth, chief midwifery officer for England, has stressed that paracetamol remains the first choice of painkiller during pregnancy, in the wake of US president Donald Trump's comments.

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