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This guidance is for ambulance services which need to administer diazepam, a medicine for treating seizures, to neonates and infants. It explains how to accurately administer a 1.25mg or 2.5mg dose directly from a 5mg rectal tube. Buccal midazolam is usually preferred to rectal diazepam in the ho...

Earlier this week, a new COVID-19 treatment became available across the UK for non-hospitalised children and young people aged 12 and over at the highest risk of severe COVID-19.

As RCPCH celebrates its 25th birthday, 25 members have shared stories about a case that stayed with them. These stories will be published throughout 2021.

As RCPCH celebrates its 25th birthday, 25 members have shared stories about a case that stayed with them. These stories will be published throughout 2021.

This framework (updated in November 2024) is developed by Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG), with support from RCPCH, Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) and British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM).

Ranitidine products (Brand names including Zantac®) were voluntarily withdrawn by manufacturers in October 2019 due to the presence of low levels of an impurity called NDMA. The European Medicines Agency has since confirmed its recommendation to suspend all ranitidine medicines in the EU.

Following the known harms of valproate in pregnancy, MHRA released a report looking into the safety data for epilepsy medicines during pregnancy.