Footnotes

• X @YincentTse, @AshifaTrivedi, @joeyjocrook, @Pharmaforkids

• Collaborators On behalf of the Joint RCPCH/NPPG Medicines committee.

• Contributors The idea for the article and content was generated at the Joint RCPCH/NPPG Medicines committee by all members which included all authors. ST initially collated the recommendations. All (YT, JD, AT, JC, DBH, ST) contributed to the text of the article, edited and approved final version. YT prepared the initial draft and is the guarantor.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests All authors are members of the Joint RCPCH/NPPG Medicines committee. No other conflict of interests have been identified.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.