Below are a few useful websites in the field of children’s nursing

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Action for Sick Children http://www.actionforsickchildren.org/	Children's healthcare charity, provides local support through branches and lobbies government ‘to ensure that sick children always receive the highest standard of care possible’.
Association of British Paediatric Nurses http://www.abpn.org.uk/	An independent association ‘committed to promoting the development of children's nursing through information, education, research and practice’.
Child Friendly Healthcare Initiative http://www.childfriendlyhealthcare.org/	Project to support implementation of standards for children’s services in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
National Electronic Library for Child Health http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/childhealth	The virtual branch library of the NHS National Electronic Library for Health: huge range of topics, links etc.
Children’s rights http://www.crights.org.uk/links.html	Link to link pages for UK organisations concerned with children’s rights.
Contact A Family http://www.cafamily.org.uk/	Award winning site for charity that provides information and support for families who care for children with any disability or special need. Index of information about rare disorders.
Government: children’s services England http://www.doh.gov.uk/childrenstaskforce Northern Ireland http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/ Scotland http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/chsg Wales http://www.wales.gov.uk/subihealth/topics-e.htm
Paediatric Information and Education Resource (PIER) http://www.pier.org.uk/	For healthcare professionals to communicate and collaborate, particularly around guidelines
Research in Child Health Network http://www.man.ac.uk/rcn/ukwide/richlink.htm	RCN network with listing of UK regional contacts and events.
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/	Extensive site with specialist subgroups, conferences, guidelines, library and on-line resources etc.
RCN children’s nursing forums http://www.rcn.org.uk/	For information from other paediatric and child health groups at the RCN
Child and adolescent mental health http://www.camh.org.uk/	Information resource regarding Child and Adolescent Mental Health issues. The site is intended for CAMH professionals, young people and parents.

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Last Updated: 1/10/04