Children and young people

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News and blogs

News on this topic

NICE publishes a summary of its guidance and other safety advice on valproate

NICE has today (28 March) published a summary for healthcare professionals bringing together all its recommendations and other safety advice on the drug valproate.

Published:: 28 March 2019

Blog on this topic

Keeping children and young people safe from abuse

Professor May-Chahal explains how NICE guidance will help protect children and young people from abuse.

Written by:: Professor Corinne May-Chahal, chair of the NICE ‘Child abuse and neglect’ guideline committee
Published:: 05 March 2018

Putting guidance into practice

Shared learning

Examples of how our guidance and standards have been put into practice in the NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector and a range of other organisations.

Showing 3 of 64 shared learning examples for this topic:

Lambeth ADHD, an inner city multi-agency collaborative

Published date:

July 2020
Prescribing guidelines for patients with a first episode psychosis

Published date:

June 2020
Establishing Transition Pathways for Young People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Published date:

March 2020

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Podcasts

Child abuse: communication is key

In this podcast:

Corinne May-Chahal, professor of applied science and chair of NICE guideline explains the crucial principles that need to be considered when responding to child abuse. What do young people think about this? Emma Harewood describes how we can recognise abuse and neglect and how we are moving forward in the field.