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Data collection Sunderland clinicians prospectively captured data about the needs of children with CP since 1990, in collaboration with the North of England Collaborative Cerebral Palsy Survey until 2016 when Public Health England withdrew funding. Abbreviation MRICS Magnetic Resonance Imaging Classification System When new information about a child having cerebral palsy (CP) is shared with families, parents want to know what this will mean for them and what to expect for the future. Of the 11 out of 95 (11.6%) children with CP who had no admissions and MRICS category E (normal), all had motor function in GMFCS levels I or II, other than one in GMFCS level IV. Definitions The internationally agreed definition of CP was used.11 The classification system of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe described CP subtypes.12 The GMFCS1 described gross motor function. [Extracted from the article]