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© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Canadian Paediatric Society. All rights reserved. To engender safer medication practice the Government of Canada encourages families to, “Ask your doctor about your child’s medication.” Medicines for Children (MFC) was established in 2006 when the U.K.’s Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Wellchild charity, and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) listened to parents’ concerns that they needed better information on children’s medicines. Each one of the >200 information sheets available on the website has gone through a standardized, audited development. When launched in 2009 there were 10,500 hits by 7000 unique users which has grown to 4.5 million hits from 3.6 million individuals in 2022. Although the UK has the largest number of users; its worldwide importance is demonstrated by the fact that there are 430,000 users in Canada. For parents of a child who needs to take medicines safely, MFC provides high-quality, reliable family-centred information accessible 24/7 across the globe.
Author(s): Tuthill DP, Rossiter A, Tse Y
Publication type: Review
Publication status: Published
Journal: Paediatrics and Child Health
Year: 2024
Volume: 29
Issue: 6
Pages: 378-381
Online publication date: 12/09/2024
Acceptance date: 09/08/2024
ISSN (print): 1205-7088
ISSN (electronic): 1918-1485
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxae059
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae059
