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PAEDIATRIC NEWS
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February 2026
- Using gabapentin or pregabalin during breastfeeding
- MMRV programme: information for healthcare practitioners (updated)
- FSA recall: Aptamil First Infant Formula (Nutricia Ltd) – Updated
- Routine childhood immunisation: deaths and hospitalisations prevented
- Azithromycin therapy for prevention of chronic lung disease of prematurity (AZTEC): a randomised placebo-controlled trial
- Hemoglobin Concentration in Early Pregnancy and Severe Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality: Population-Based Cohort Study
- Prevention of future deaths report finds sodium prescribing error led to death of baby
January 2026
- Melatonin Use in Young Children: A Systematic Review
- Serious Infections in Offspring Exposed to Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors During Pregnancy: Comparison of Timing During Pregnancy and Placental Transfer Ability
- Isotretinoin – changes to prescribing guidance and additional risk minimisation measures
- MMRV: updated patient group direction (PGD) template
- Eating disorder services for children and young people: National guidance
- Fremanezumab in Children and Adolescents with Episodic Migraine
- Oral ivermectin versus 5% permethrin cream to treat children and adults with classic scabies: multicentre, assessor blinded, cluster randomised clinical trial
- Methylphenidate for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Direct Healthcare Professional Communication: Tegretol® 100 mg/5ml Liquid (carbamazepine) – Limitation of use in neonates
December 2025
- Measles guidance for healthcare services
- Standardising medicines in digital paediatric discharge summaries to improve safety
- Expectant Management vs Medication for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm InfantsThe PDA Randomized Clinical Trial
- Using solid oral dosage form antibiotics in children
- Tegretol® 100 mg/5ml Liquid (carbamazepine): Limitation of use in neonates
- Routine childhood immunisation schedule
October 2025
September 2025
- Parents will be able to get their two and three year olds vaccinated against flu at local pharmacies for the first time ever this autumn
- Medication needs of children and young people for successful transition to adult services (the SUCCESS study): an exploratory cross-sectional observational study
- Atopic eczema in under 12s: diagnosis and management
- New dosing regimen for intravenous vancomycin in neonates
- Dialling back antibiotic prescribing in children
- High Blood Pressure in Childhood and Premature Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
August 2025
- Effectiveness and safety of interventions for fever-associated discomfort in children: A systematic review
- Mandeville Medicines : Guidance on alternatives
- Parents and caregivers advised to stop all use of specific brand of kids’ magnesium gummies due to the presence of an undeclared prescription-only medicine
- Parents’ and carers’ preferences and understanding of dosage instructions on dispensed paediatric medicines: a cross-sectional survey
- At-home oral antibiotics safe for newborns
July 2025
- Benzylpenicillin for Group B Streptococcus for use in neonates: updated PGD
- NHS to roll out long-lasting ‘suit of armour’ jab to protect thousands of premature babies from RSV
- MHRA approves adrenaline nasal spray – the first needle-free emergency treatment for anaphylaxis in the UK
- Childhood epilepsy
- Medicine Supply Notification: Abidec® Multivitamin drops
- Prescribing and switching between modified-release methylphenidate
- Paediatric rare diseases: Can large language models assist off-label prescribing?
- Use of intravenous magnesium sulfate in addition to standard first-line treatment with inhaled/nebulised short-acting beta 2 agonist and systemic steroids in the management of acute asthma exacerbations in children: a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials
- Sixty seconds on . . . melatonin gummies
- Antimicrobial Paediatric Guide UK-PAS
June 2025
- Choosing between oral vancomycin options
- Changes to the childhood vaccination programme: why are they happening
- Oral systemic corticosteroids in children with acute asthma exacerbations: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
- ‘Artificial pancreas’ transforming the lives of thousands of children and young people with type 1 diabetes
- Prescription drug use in breastfeeding mothers and infant exposure: A register-based cohort study
- Childhood vaccine schedule adjusted as Menitorix phased out
- Hepatitis B vaccine for at-risk infants aide memoire
- Vaccine update: issue 358, May 2025
May 2025
- Dosage instructions on community-dispensed paediatric medicine labels: a cross-sectional study
- New Product: Sodium Nitroprusside 50 mg/2 mL concentrate for solution for infusion
- Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT
- Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis using individual participant data
- Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
- Changes to routine childhood immunisation programme: 2025 and 2026
- Management of iron deficiency in children, adults, and pregnant individuals: evidence-based and expert consensus recommendations
April 2025
- Otitis Media in Young Children
- Ten actions the government can take to improve children’s health
- Strategies for Communicating With Parents About Vaccines
- Burosumab for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia in children and young people
- High-Dose Methotrexate in Children and Young Adults With ALL and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: Results of the Randomized Phase III Study UKALL 2011
March 2025
- Fenfluramine for treating seizures associated with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome in people 2 years and over
- Transition of adolescents with asthma to adult care
- 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
- Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks
- Facts and myths about measles
- Over a quarter of pupils missing out on HPV vaccine
February 2025
- 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
- Ganaxolone for treating seizures caused by CDKL5 deficiency disorder in people 2 years and over
- Supply of unlicensed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy
- DTB select: Medication errors involving intravenous paracetamol in children
- Social media as a source of drug safety information in the paediatric population
January 2025
- Epilepsies in children, young people and adults- updated guidance (NG217)
- Coroner raises concerns over pharmacists being unable to amend prescriptions following death of toddler
- A review on the role of extrapolation as basis for paediatric marketing authorization applications of medicines in the EU
- Complete routine immunisation schedule – update
- Anhydrous sodium thiosulfate for preventing hearing loss caused by cisplatin chemotherapy in people 1 month to 17 years with localised solid tumours
- Melatonin prescribing in children rises by 245% in nine years, data show
- Maternal and child nutrition: nutrition and weight management in pregnancy, and nutrition in children up to 5 years
- Association between vitamin D status at 3 years and eosinophilic asthma in 6-year-old children with a history of severe bronchiolitis
- Effectiveness of safety-netting approaches for acutely ill children: a network meta-analysis