Children's Hospital at Home
Welcome to the Children's Hospital at Home page
The Children’s Hospital at Home Special Interest Group is dedicated to advancing the care of children through innovative, collaborative approaches in the home setting. We strive to foster a dynamic community of professionals who share knowledge, inspire learning, and drive meaningful change. By planning engaging events, supporting cutting-edge research, and promoting the work of the UK Hospital at Home Society, we aim to improve outcomes, empower families, and shape the future of paediatric care in the home. Together, we are committed to transforming how healthcare is delivered, ensuring that every child receives the highest standard of care—wherever they call home.
If you would like to share your team’s story, publications and resources, please get in touch at admin@hospitalathome.org.uk
Current Evidence Building and Research Initiatives
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National bench-marking toolkit has been developed to drive quality in how we deliver H@H care for children. Invites to participate will be circulated soon.
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Multi-centre evaluation of managing neonatal jaundice at home pathway
- Defining nursing competencies and development opportunities for current and future workforce models in children's hospital at home - an international collaboration
If you have ideas to share or are keen to get involved please contact Fran, Zoe or Christina for more information, via the Society email.
Publications and Sharing Learning
Browse published posters and papers from other Children's Hospital at Home teams here.
If you have publications to share, please get int touch via the Society email.
Children's H@H teams
We are growing a collaborative, bottom-up community that is shaping the future of acute paediatrics.
If you are not on our map, please get in touch - we'd love to connect with you.
Events
Upcoming paediatric-specific events
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Hospital at Home & Virtual Wards Conference 2025
Day 2: Children and Young People
Date/Time: Tuesday 24th June 2025 9.30-16.15
Venue: The Studio, Riverside West, Whitehall Rd, Leeds LS1 4AW
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Children's Hospital at Home
Thursday 4th September 2025
Virtual event - info tbc check back soon
Past paediatric-specific events
'Research and Quality Improvement in Paediatric Hospital at Home' webinar
Wednesday 19th March 2025
Chaired by:
Christina Newbould, Matron, Children's Hospital at Home and Acute - Community Children's Nursing Team, Oxford Health NHS Trust
Speakers and Panel:
Ravi Mistry, Paediatrician, Hillingdon Hospital
Anthea Manuel, Senior Sister, Hillingdon Hospital
Ashifa Trivedi, Northwest London Lead PATCH Pharmacist
Rebecca Bennet, H@H Paediatric Nurse, Oxford Health NHS Trust
Francesca Cleugh, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Zoe Tribble, Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics, Royal London Hospital
This webinar had a Research and Quality Improvement focus, in particular in a paediatric Hospital at Home setting.
The webinar included three presentations followed by time for questions and discussion. The presentations discussed Ambulating newborn babies requiring IV antibiotics, The role of the pharmacist in Hospital at Home, and a quality improvement project focusing on a Community triage tool for H@H bedboard management.
Antimicrobial Stewardship within the context of children's Hospital at Home' webinar
Thursday 25th July 2024
Chaired by:
Zoe Tribble, Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics, Royal London Hospital
Speakers:
Francesca Cleugh, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Christina Newbould, Matron, Children's Hospital at Home and Acute - Community Children's Nursing Team, Oxford Health NHS Trust
Mathew Mathai, Consultant Paediatrician, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Emma Morrison, Paediatric Ambulatory Care Experience (ACE) Team Lead, Bradford Royal Infirmary
Zainab Ezimokhai, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aisleen Bennett, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Ruud Nijman, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Antimicrobial stewardship is an important element of healthcare delivery, and is a common consideration in children's Hospital at Home services. This webinar explored this further, with relevance to both paediatric and adult services.
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