The BNF for Children (BNFC) provides essential practical information to all healthcare professionals involved in the prescribing, dispensing, monitoring and administration of medicines to children. The resource addresses a significant knowledge gap in many areas of paediatric practice by providing practical information on the use of medicines in children of all ages from birth to adolescence. Recommendations in the BNF for Children have been constructed on the basis of authoritative sources, emerging evidence and best practice guidelines. The content has been carefully validated by a network of paediatric experts and the process is overseen by a paediatric formulary committee. Unique benefits Shares the familiar structure of the British National Formulary (BNF) and is designed to be used in paediatric and general practice settings Includes information on unlicensed use of medicines and provides details of unlicensed medicines that can be imported, manufactured by special order' or prepared extemporaneously Covers the drug treatment of rare childhood conditions, provides guidance on specialist paediatric interventions and includes details of those medicines that are used in children in a different way to adults As a point-of-care tool it is important that it provides practitioners with the most up-to-date information and therefore the latest edition is essential.