Rare disease

Course

Point of Care Ultrasound – lung & lines, abdomen & heart (Hands on)

08 February 2025

Brighton

This Course will benefit Paediatric and Neonatal consultants & trainees and advanced nurse practitioners and researchers in the diagnostic use of ultrasound as per POCUS guidance. The Course aims to deliver the essential theoretical knowledge and practical experience with helpful tips relevant to PO...

Child and adolescent mortality

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Course

Difficult Vascular Access in Children (DVAC)

13 December 2024

Nottingham

This is a fun, interactive course aiming to encourage vein-preserving and time-saving techniques to improve outcomes and satisfaction for patients and carers. Feedback from previous DVAC courses has said the course has positively changed peoples’ practice. The course has previously run in Belfast an...

Intensive care medicine

News

Applications now open for BPSU's bursary to run a rare disease study

5 August 2024

We invite trainee paediatricians and newly qualified consultants to apply for the annual British Paediatric Surveillance Unit's Sir Peter Tizard bursary. The successful applicant receives a fully funded slot on the BPSU Orange Card and a stipend towards their training needs. The deadline is Monday 2...

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Tribute to Gordon Herbert Denney, Hon. FRCPCH

8 February 2024

Gordon Denney (1928-2024) had a distinguished career with the City of London Corporation and the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. In his retirement Gordon was the honorary administrator of the National Reye's Syndrome Foundation UK which provided support for research into this rare but devastating c...

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BPSU Study - Near Fatal Asthma

BPSU surveillance of the Near Fatal Asthma in children and young people in UK and Republic of Ireland will commence with the October 2022 reporting card on the new data collection platform. The study aims to describe the frequency, risks factors, clinical care and future asthma risk of children and ...

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BPSU Study - Acute Hepatitis 22

BPSU surveillance of the Acute Hepatitis in Children 2022 commenced in May 2022 collecting cases seen from January 2022 onwards. This study aims to understand viral, non-viral or unidentified causes of this apparent increase in cases of acute hepatitis reported to the UKHSA. The study is being led b...

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Think positively about FASD - reflections from a paediatrician

20 September 2021

Dr Patricia Jackson, a RCPCH Fellow based in Edinburgh, looks back on International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day, which was on 9 September. She shares, from a personal perspective, information gained on how paediatricians can become more aware of and make a diagnosis of FASD.

Document

BPSU-PHE Symposia series: COVID-19 from a Paediatric Perspective – recordings

More than 2,000 people joined one or both of these free events in late April 2021. Discussions covered the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy, neonates and general paediatric populations and the rare syndrome, PIMS, as well as the wider impact of the pandemic on child health. If you missed the opportun...

BPSU

Rare disease

Public health

News

Richard Lynn to step down from BPSU with more than three decades of service

16 February 2021

After 31 years of dedicated service as the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit’s (BPSU) Scientific Coordinator, Richard Lynn will be leaving the BPSU at the end of March. Richard’s unparalleled commitment to the BPSU and rare disease epidemiology has been integral to the Unit’s continued success.

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BPSU study - Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Surveillance of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is due to commence in March 2021. In conjunction with parallel reporting through the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Surveillance System, this study aims to establish incidence rates of ARFID presenting to secondary health care, refe...

Area of medicine

Academic medicine

Allergies

Community child health