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Since my formal training is in epidemiology and biostatistics, the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) has been an important source of information for me. It is a gem of the UK paediatric research community. It provides among the best data on rare diseases in the world. In this issue, Richard Lynn and Euan Ross provide a 20-year perspective on the BPSU. They review its history and achievements, including a number of landmark studies, as well as the development of the International Network of Paediatric Surveillance Units, a group of 12 other surveillance programmes.
As part of our celebration of the BPSU we have included two important papers from the unit – one in ADC and the other in F&N. The first report repeats a survey, using the same methodology previously employed by the BPSU that focuses on vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Surveys had been conducted in 1993–94 and 2001–02.
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