Evidence-based strategies to improve your baby’s sleep patterns
In this blog, RCH paediatrician and infant sleep specialist Dr Harriet Hiscock takes you through some realistic evidence-based strategies to help manage your baby’s sleep patterns.
RCH News
New Australian Standard for protection of children with disabilities and medical conditions in vehicles
Standards Australia today launched an Australian Standard at The Royal Children’s Hospital, which will assist in protecting children with disabilities and medical conditions in motor vehicles.
Help us avoid 24-hour emergency waits
Recently, the RCH experienced a disappointing incident – a patient remained in the Emergency department for more than 24 hours.
A letter from Maxi
Maxi is a patient at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH). He is just two years old and has a mystery illness. Maxi’s team of doctors at the RCH are working tirelessly to find a diagnosis, a search that’s now gone global. This is a moving letter of thanks from Maxi to his doctors.
Should your child have the flu vaccine?
Of all vaccine preventable diseases, influenza is the leading cause of hospitalisation among Australian children under five years of age.
Is it okay to smack a child?
Professor Frank Oberklaid believes the call from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians to scrap the legal defence for physically disciplining children is a timely one.
New kids iPad app puts RCH art on the map
The RCH has squeezed its well known artwork, including 14 metre tall sculpture ‘Creature’, into a compact iPad app.
Masterchef judges offer patients a fresh outlook
MasterChef judges George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan show RCH patients how food gets from garden to plate.
Button batteries dangerous for children
RCH surgeons say a button battery lodged in a child’s oesophagus is a surgical emergency.
GFA cheque handover
The Good Friday Appeal presented the RCH with an enormous cheque to the tune of $16.4 million.