Non-prescribed ketamine use and associated adverse effects are rising in the UK, including among under-18s,1 2 with 8.4% in treatment now reporting ketamine use.3 Rising ketamine-related referrals led...

Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) research has long emphasized maternal pregnancy behaviors as key determinants of child health. In this Perspective, Alice Rhiannon Lee and colleague...

Background Electric-scooters (e-scooters) are popular worldwide although there are concerns about their regulation and safety. Since 2019, 59 deaths have been reported in the UK involving e-scooters; ...

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

The Conversation Prize is back in 2026.

As use cases for long-acting therapeutics expand across clinical indications, there is a critical need to ensure the inclusion of women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children—populat...

This hybrid event is the annual collaboration of the UK Public Health Community with a focus on the health of children and young people.

PhD Project - Culture, parenting, and socioeconomic context in the development of early executive function in young children: A cross-cohort study in the UK and India at University of Liverpool, liste...

IntroductionThe administration of medicines to children poses distinct challenges, largely due to the limited availability of authorised, commercially availa...

Child of the North’s evidence syntheses are reflected in new national school and SEND policy documents. We continue to work with partners across research, practice and government to ensure that high‑q...

Background Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) contributes to asthma morbidity, particularly affecting children and young people (CYP) from socioeconomically deprived backgrounds. Air purification devices...

Re-energising Academic Paediatrics - a joint Liverpool Institute of Child Health and Wellbeing and the Academic Paediatric Association of GB and Ireland (A