This paper reviews the COMPASS model, developed in response to the demand for paediatric mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The model effectively enhanced clinician confidence in managing child and adolescent mental health disorders, reduced reliance on specialists’ services, fostered collaborative care and supported clinician wellbeing. The paper suggests the model could be scaled...

Integrated community healthcare Hubs may offer a ‘one stop shop’ for service users with complex health and social needs, and more efficiently use service resources. Various policy imperatives exist to implement Hub models of care, however, there is a dearth of research specifically evaluating Hubs targeted at families experiencing adversity.

The focus of this discussion paper is on understanding and responding to unsettled behaviour in infants.

Reducing pain and discomfort in children undergoing immunisation is a way to reduce barriers to immunisation, one of the most important advances in child health of our time.