... that the opinions and views of users must be heard in particular in relation to clinical audit. Alongside this shift is the increasing recognition that the views of children and young people should be sought in decisions which affect their lives. Highlights the case for involving children and young people...

... are of no benefit. The device was originally used only in adults. More recently, however, it has come to be used in the management of young deaf children. Its efficacy in this group has been clearly demonstrated (Osberger et al., 1993; Waltzman et al., 1997; O’Donoghue, 1999...

...Haytham Kubba; Ralph Messersmith Day case tonsillectomy has been advocated as a means of reducing health care costs associated with inpatient care. The authors studied 74 consecutive children undergoing conventional overnight stay tonsillectomy using a parental questionnaire and a retrospective...

...John Dearlove A retrospective audit from 1 June 1993 to 31 May 1994 of all new paediatric referrals (921 children) was performed to evaluate a popular radiological protocol for the investigation of first urinary tract infections (UTIs). Of the 71 children with their first UTI, 12 were investigated...