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Royal College of Physicians Ireland Interim Guidance on Medically Vulnerable Children

Do children with underlying health problems need to cocoon during the COVID-19 pandemic? We hope you find this guidance published by the Faculty of Paediatrics and the National Clinical Programme for Paediatrics and Neonatology, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland helpful. https://www.rcpi.ie/news/releases/covid-19-interim-guidance-on-medically-vulnerable-children/

Guidance for children with health conditions

We are aware of many members seeking advice on going back to school. Here is the Government’s Back to School Guidance for Children with health conditions. You can also find this by scrolling towards the end of https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/40e9c-protecting-your-child-from-coronavirus/ For lots more information for students and their families returning to school, including a section on wellbeing resources, follow […]

Royal College of Physicians Ireland Interim Guidance on Medically Vulnerable Children

Guidance for children with health conditions

1. Muscular Dystrophies

2. Myotonic Disorders

3. Congenital Myopathies

4. Mitochondrial Myopathies

5. Metabolic Disorders

6. Periodic Paralyses

7. Autoimmune Myositides

8. Spinal Muscular Atrophies

9. Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies

10. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

11. Friedreich’s Ataxia

12. Other (Please Specify)

13. Unspecified