Increasing capacity in acute day care settings: patients' experiences of a pop-up day care unit.

Unlabelled: The COVID-19 pandemic had considerable impact on paediatric ambulatory care. A pop-up paediatric day care unit for children with allergic and inflammatory bowel diseases was delivered from Nightingale Hospital Bristol (NHB) which was set up to treat patients during the pandemic.

Methodology: The unit operated fortnightly between December 2020 and March 2021.

TEST (Trial of Eczema allergy Screening Tests): protocol for feasibility randomised controlled trial of allergy tests in children with eczema, including economic scoping and nested qualitative study.

Background: Early onset eczema is associated with food allergy, and allergic reactions to foods can cause acute exacerbations of eczema. Parents often pursue dietary restrictions as a way of managing eczema and seek allergy testing for their children to guide dietary management. However, it is unclear whether test-guided dietary management improves eczema symptoms, and whether the practice causes harm through reduced use of conventional eczema treatment or unnecessary dietary restrictions.

Cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety in children with asthma.

Aim: This article describes a study that aimed to investigate the effect of nurse-delivered behaviour therapy on anxiety levels and quality of life in children with asthma and coexistent anxiety.

Method: A prospective cohort pilot study in which ten children, aged between seven and ten years, with asthma and diagnosed with health-related anxiety took part. Data were collected over a two-year period, cognitive behaviour therapy sessions were provided, and asthma, anxiety and quality of life scores were measured.