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RPS President Professor Claire Anderson reassures parents on the use of paracetamol in pregnancy after claims from the US of a link with autism: www.rpharms.com/about-us/new...

Parents’ and carers’ preferences and understanding of dosage instructions on dispensed paediatric medicines: a cross-sectional survey AbstractObjectives. Previous studies have highlighted inconsistencies in dosage instructions on dispensed medicine labels, increasing the risk of medicatio

Parents’ and carers’ preferences and understanding of dosage instructions on dispensed paediatric medicines: a cross-sectional survey academic.oup.com/ijpp/advance...

An RCPCH webinar is being arranged on Thurs 21st August 12.30-1.30pm for any healthcare professionals that would like to understand and know more around the change to using nirsevimab instead of palivizumab this year.
Details & registration can be found at www.rcpch.ac.uk/education-ca...

In the light of the current Abidec shortage we have updated the information on Liquid Vitamin & Iron Supplements in Neonates & Children. It has a link to a summary of liquid & chewable/soluble tablet multivitamins available in the UK nppg.org.uk/vitamins/

We have, today, published a new Formulary Assessment tool for Spironolactone (Qaialdo) 10 mg/1 ml oral suspension - nppg.org.uk/formulary-as...

Updated July 2025, in consultation with
@pccsociety.bsky.social Chloral hydrate initiation in paed critical care should be consultant-led, after ensuring that all other appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological sedative treatments have been optimised - nppg.org.uk/chloral-in-c...

Today we publish a position statement, endorsed by @rpharms on Labelling of Dispensed Oral Medicines for Children. For further details, and the statement go to nppg.org.uk/labelling-po...

Choosing between oral vancomycin options www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/cho...

Changes to the childhood vaccination programme: why are they happening This flyer explains the changes to the childhood vaccination programmes from 1 July 2025 to parents of eligible children.

Changes to the childhood vaccination programme: why are they happening www.gov.uk/government/p...

Dosage instructions on community-dispensed paediatric medicine labels: a cross-sectional study - Drugs & Therapy Perspectives Background Dispensed medicine labels play a crucial role in ensuring patients use medications safely. Regulations require labels to include essential details, but variations in wording can affect pati...

Dosage instructions on community-dispensed paediatric medicine labels: a cross-sectional study link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@eoeneonatalodn.bsky.social @nppguk.bsky.social excellent study afternoom for Neonatal pharmacist's working in East of England. Great educational sessions from Dr Sajeev Job and Dr Paul Clarke around Neonatal cardiology and use of vitamin K.

The Specialist Pharmacy Service are hosting an unlicensed medicines podcast series. They are not solely paeds focussed but there is a paeds clinical perspective in the first episode & a lot of the QA discussion is also be of relevance www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/unl...

In light of the ongoing supply shortages of Gentamicin 20mg/2ml paediatric injection, the NPPG Neonatal SIG have created a summary of the currently available imported solutions. This includes information on suppliers, manufacturers and country of origin nppg.org.uk/gentamicin-1...

The position statement on calcium, phosphate and potassium supplementation in neonates and children has now been updated to include zinc supplementation nppg.org.uk/position-sta...

NPPG have published aFormulary Assessment Tool for Flecainide Acetate 25mg/5mL Oral Solution (Colonis) nppg.org.uk/formulary-as...

Submit your abstract for the 2025 NPPG Annual Conference – submissions are open until 7 July 2025. Submission link:https://profile.eventsair.com/PresentationPortal/Account/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FPresentationPortal%2Fnppg-conference-2025%2Fnppg25

The abstracts from the Neonatal & Paediatric Pharmacy Conference 2024 are now available!
You can access the Short Paper Abstracts from the event here: bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/Su...

NPPG are delighted to announce that we will be running an online programme for anyone wishing to participate in the Starting Out in Children’s Medicines Optimisation Spring 2025 online course. Full details at nppg.org.uk/events/

Transition of adolescents with asthma to adult care Adolescence is a vulnerable time of life, filled with emotional, physical, and social upheaval. For adolescents aged 12–19 years with chronic medical conditions such as asthma, it is important for hea...

Transition of adolescents with asthma to adult care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Short-term efficacy of inhaled short-acting beta-2-agonists for acute wheeze/asthma symptoms in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis Background Inhaled short-acting β2-agonists (SABA) is recognised as an effective treatment in adults and older children with asthma, but the effect in young children and infants is still up for debate...

Short-term efficacy of inhaled short-acting beta-2-agonists for acute wheeze/asthma symptoms in preschool-aged children: a systematic review and meta-analysis thorax.bmj.com/content/earl...

Neurodevelopmental outcomes at five years in children born very preterm (24–31 weeks) exposed to opioids with or without midazolam: results from the French nationwide EPIPAGE-2 cohort study Exposure to opioids with/without midazolam >7 days might be associated with a higher prevalence of moderate/severe NDD at five years in very preterm born children but severe neonatal morbidities are a...

Neurodevelopmental outcomes at five years in children born very preterm (24–31 weeks) exposed to opioids with or without midazolam: results from the French nationwide EPIPAGE-2 cohort study www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A reminder that the next joint Neonatology & PICU SIG study afternoon is taking place on Thursday 13th March 2025. See under events on NPPG.org.uk for registration details and programme