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Our vision
Our vision is that any parent or carer, wherever they are, has information on their child’s medicines that they can trust.
What we offer
Our medicines information pages cover many of the medicines that are prescribed or recommended for children by health professionals. They answer frequent questions, such as how and when to give the medicine, what to do if you forget to give the medicine, and any possible side-effects.
You can also read information or watch our short videos about giving different types of medicines, including tablets, capsules, liquid medicine, inhalers, eye drops/ointment and ear drops.
Who are we?
Medicines for Children is a partnership programme of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG) and WellChild. Read more about us and our work.
Latest news
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Primary care rep wanted to join the programme board
The Medicines for Children team is looking for a representative from Primary care with an interest in paediatrics and/or patient information to join the programme board.
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Updated safety messaging about fluoroquinolone antibiotics
The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency), which is responsible for the safety of medicines in the UK, has recently published an alert about the safety of a particular group of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. This is because of concerns about rare but potentially serious side-effects affecting the muscles, tendons, joints and nerves, and psychiatric side-effects.
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Five new medicines leaflets available on Medicines for Children
Thanks to our brilliant medical colleagues, the Medicines for Children team are very pleased to announce the publication of a series of new information leaflets.
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