The NPPG PCC sub-group is for pharmacists working clinically within paediatric critical care. The group is intended as a networking opportunity to share practice and to provide support for pharmacists new to the speciality.

The aim of the group is to be made up of at least one named pharmacist for each PCC unit within the UK, and to provide an annual meeting for members.

The link with the paediatric intensive care society is key to multi-disciplinary working and promoting the profile of clinical pharmacy within the PCCU setting. This link is developing and currently mainly concerns NPPG presence on the steering group for the creation of new national standards for paediatric critical care.

Committee meetings

The committee aims to meet once a month on the first Wednesday of each month. Minutes are to be kept for each meeting.

Subgroup membership

As of September 2025, the subgroup consists of 81 official members. All subgroup members must be NPPG members. Those interested in becoming members of the subgroup need to email the chair and will automatically become a subgroup member on doing so.

Affiliations

Affiliated with the Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) as a special interest group. An allocated committee member attends PCCS council meetings to represent NPPG PCC subgroup.

Aim

The NPPG PCC sub-group primarily focuses on pharmacists working within paediatric critical care. The aim of the subgroup is to be representative of PCC pharmacists across the nation and to facilitate appropriate and efficient use of medicines and pharmaceutical care for patients in PCC.

Objectives:

1. To support, promote and advise on delivery of best pharmaceutical care to PCC patients.
2. To maintain a network and provide a platform for paediatric critical care pharmacy staff to enhance management of children’s medicines.
3. To represent and champion PCC pharmacy within the NPPG.
4. To develop and maintain a link with PCCS and encourage pharmacist PCCS membership
5. To develop educational resources and signpost to resources developed by other providers.
6. To assist NPPG committee responses to national consultations.
7. To encourage pharmaceutical research in the area of PCC.

Activities:

• Continuously develop pharmaceutical care review tools for PCC pharmacists
• Provide representation in the PCCS council and feedback. Providing support to the council where needed.
• Encourage members to join PCCS to become key stakeholders
• To establish an effective method of communicating with NPPG PCC SIG members; through an email distribution list and NHS networks
• Carry out regular PCC subgroup meetings, five times a year.
• Drive to encourage the use of national PCC priorities such as standard infusion concentrations.
• Continue to develop PCC educational material
• Maintain the PCC staffing standards
• Establish research themes for national PCC

Online message board – members only

Teaching sessions
Recordings from online teaching sessions can be found under Education and training / Other Teaching Sessions on the home page.

Chair: Mohammed Abou Daya

Additional named roles within the SIG

Committee members – click here to see more details about each person

• Mohammed Abou Daya – Chair; Barts Health
• Andrew Wignell – Nottingham University Hospitals
• Sylvia George – Oxford University Hospitals
• Chris Paget – Manchester University NHS FT
• Sarah Wheeler – University Hospitals of Leicester
• Benjamin Wyness – Cambridge University Hospital

Useful links

• Standard concentration infusions: Peripheral Inotropes
• Paediatric Critical Care Society
• FLATCHUG