Resources:
- Thames Valley & Wessex Best Practice Guidance: Paediatric Pre-Assessment Pathway
- Best Practice Guidance: Pre-Assessment Services for Children Undergoing Surgery or Procedures (2022)(Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland) link NB Update due for publication in 2026
- [APAGBI ‘Anxiety’ guidance once live]
Tools:
- Asthma Control Test link
- NHS BMI Calculator for children & teenagers link
- Common Anaesthetic Events & Risks (Royal College of Anaesthetists) link
- Anaesthesia for Children Living with Obesity (Society for Obesity & Bariatric Anaesthesia) link
- Anxiety scale [can we insert a link to a PDF here?]
- UK Immunisation Schedule 2026 link
- Widget Health link
- Pre-Assessment in a box – a useful resource provided by Dr Amy Norrington, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetists at South Tees NHS Foundation Trust. If there are any resources that you would like to use or replicate in your service, Amy is very happy for you to do so…just please remember to acknowledge her work in your final document. Link Please note, that you will need to request permission to access these resources, but you will only need to do this once and access is usually granted within 24-48hrs.
Resources for patients and their parents/carers can be found in the Patient & Families tab [Insert link] on our website. Resources include links to videos to prepare children and young people for their hospital admission, health promotion resources and links to support group and charities.
Resources:
- Thames Valley & Wessex Best Practice Guidance [tab for each]
- Adenotonsillectomy Pathway for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (awaiting approval)
- GIRFT Report: Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (2019) Link
- GIRFT Day Case Paediatric Adenotonsillectomy Pathway (2025) Link
- BAPO Website Link
- ENT UK Link
Tools:
- GIRFT Further Faster ENT Handbook (2025) Link
- ENT Advice & Guidance Templates & Toolkits Linkhttps://future.nhs.uk/GIRFTNational/view?objectID=68744240This link will take you to GIRFT’s Future NHS pages, where there is a suite of editable templates for use in your service. Please note, that you will need to request permission to access these resources, but you will only need to do this once and access is usually granted within 24-48hrs.
- Paediatric Referral Guidelines (GIRFT 2025) Link – includes standard referral pathways for a range of conditions/symptoms including:
- Acute and chronic otitis externa
- Persistent recurrent and complicated acute otitis media
- Otitis media with effusion
- Chronic otitis media
- Lower motor neurone facial weakness
- Rhinitis
- Chronic rhinosinusitis
- Epistaxis
- Obstructive sleep apnoea
- Sore throat and tonsilitis
Resources:
- Thames Valley & Wessex Best Practice Guidelines: [tab for each]
- Circumcision (awaiting approval)
- Testicular Torsion (awaiting approval)
- Suspected Appendicitis (awaiting approval)
- GIRFT Report: Paediatric General Surgery and Urology (2021) Link
- GIRFT Acute abdominal pain and appendicectomy pathway guidance Link
Tools:
- GIRFT Advice & Guidance Templates Link This link will take you to GIRFT’s Future NHS pages, where there is a suite of editable templates for use in your service. Please note, that you will need to request permission to access these resources, but you will only need to do this once and access is usually granted within 24-48hrs.
Editable templates include:
Resources:
- GIRFT Report: Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery (2022) Link
- GIRFT Paediatric Forearm Fracture Manipulation in the ED (2023) Link
- British Society of Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery Link
- BOAST: Early Management of the Paediatric Forearm Fracture Link
Tools:
- GIRFT Further Faster Handbook – Paediatric Trauma & Orthopaedic (2024) Link
Resources:
GIRFT: Further Faster Handbook (2025) Link
GIRFT: Closing the Gap (2024) Link
Service Specification: Paediatric Surgery: Surgery (and Surgical Pathology, Anaesthesia & Pain) – NHS England (2013) Link (NB: This document is currently under review)
Tools:
STOPP Tool: (Safe Transfer of the Paediatric Patient Tool) For use on ALL non PICU retrieval team transfers of children BETWEEN hospitals Link