The College can offer a broad range of resources for
health professionals, particularly within
Policy
and
Research
.
Key topics
Ensuring the Provision of General Paediatric Surgery in the
District General Hospital (2010)
This Children's Surgical Forum document endorsed by the RCPCH
provides NHS commissioners and service planners guidance on
ensuring high-quality general paediatric surgery is easily
available to patients.
Ensuring the Provision of General
Paediatric Surgery in the District General
Hospital (2010)
The RCPCH is supporting health professionals by raising
awareness of issues and signposting to existing resources for Swine
Flu.
Significant Harm: the health effects of detention of children
seeking asylum
The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and
Child Health, General Practitioners and Psychiatrists and the UK
Faculty of Public Health have published a policy statement and
recommendations on the harms to the physical and mental health of
children and young people in the UK who are subjected to
administrative immigration detention.
Significant Harm Intercollegiate policy
statement
This is a College project to develop a vision
for the future of Children's Health Services. Two consultation
reports have so far been published: the first identified the major
challenges facing children's services and consulted paediatricians
on possible solutions; the second focuses on workforce issues
and reconfiguration. The final report will be published
in autumn 2009.
Services for Children in Emergency Departments
is an intercollegiate report recently published by RCPCH. It makes
recommendations for the standards of care and treatment of children
and young people in emergency care settings.
The new UK-WHO growth charts for children from birth to 4 years
of age are now available.
RCPCH supports clinicians undertaking child protection work
through a range of resources.
Information on workforce, WTD and the 2007 RCPCH
workforce census.
Currently an area of considerable interest, this section provides
information and resources on reconfiguration and service
improvement.
Policy
Update
A monthly round-up of key publications,
information sources, events and items of interest. The update is
aimed at anyone interested in Health Services policy issues, and is
likely to be of particular interest to Clinical Directors and those
involved in medical managment.
Ensuring the Provision of General Paediatric Surgery in the
District General Hosptal
Updated daily, the
news page
provides a source of relevant news articles.
RCPCH Clinical Leads Hot Topics Day - 15th October 2010
This one-day conference, to be held at the RCPCH, will focus
on: