Cardiology

Belfast to lose children's heart surgery unit

Children's heart surgery is to cease in Northern Ireland, with services moved south of the border to Dublin.

Last published on 26 April 2013

Leeds children’s heart unit in jeopardy

The future of Leeds General Infirmary has been thrown into doubt after an analysis of data revealed unacceptably high death rates. The hospital had previously failed to release the data which shows that the weight of the child was missing in 130 operations meaning cases were not properly accounted for. A risk summit to discuss the situation has been organised by NHS England in the city today and will be attended by the Care Quality Commission.

Last published on 4 April 2013

Obese mothers 'put babies' hearts at risk': Infants show early stages of disease when they are born

Babies whose mothers are overweight or obese show early signs of heart disease at birth, warn researchers.

Scans of newborn infants with fat mothers found they have thicker artery walls - a sign of heart disease - than those born to women of ‘normal’ weight.

The arterial thickening occurred independently of the child’s weight at birth, which is a known risk factor for heart disease or stroke in later life.

Last published on 28 February 2013

Paediatricians with expertise in cardiology special interest group and British Inherited Metabolic disease group

The programme for this specialty group session at the Annual conference is currently being developed.

Programmes for these sessions should be available from late February.

Last published on 4 February 2013

Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor (SAS) Committee Members' Page

This page exists to provide Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor (SAS) Committee members with access to papers for the next meeting of the RCPCH SAS Committee.

This page is in the secure section of the College website and is only accessible to members of the RCPCH SAS Committee. Members are asked to treat this page and all its contents as confidential at all times.

Last published on 16 May 2013

Information for investigators

The BPSU welcomes applications from clinicians and researchers who wish to carry out national surveillance on rare childhood diseases.

The BPSU provides access to over 3,400 paediatricians and lessens the burden on those clinicians of requests for information from numerous different sources. The BPSU Executive also `provides expertise and support to prospective researchers to ensure that research methodologies are effective and appropriate.

Last published on 22 November 2012

BPSU studies

The BPSU supports studies that address a rare childhood disorder (or rare complication of a commoner disease) of such low incidence as to require cases to be collected nationally in order to generate sufficient numbers for the study.

Since its inception in 1986 the BPSU has completed 81 studies. Information about current and past studies can be found using the links below:

Last published on 8 November 2012

Child Health Education & Revalidation - 'Paediatric Cardiology'

Event date:

07 November 2012

Event Location:

Sir James Spence Lecture Theatre, Royal Victoria Infirmary

Contact name: Nicola Robinson

Telephone: 0191 2754777

Email: nicola.robinson@northeast.nhs.uk

Event website: www.northerndeanery.nhs.uk/NorthernDeanery/specialty-training/school-of-paediatrics/courses-1/courses

Frequently asked questions

Here are some frequently asked questions on each of our examinations. Please refer to them for up-to-date information throughout the examination cycle.

Last published on 1 March 2013

Exam centres - UK

MRCPCH and DCH Clinical centres

It is not always possible to confirm the address details for the UK MRCPCH and DCH Clinical Host Centres well in advance of each examination period. Once an MRCPCH or DCH Clinical Exam Host Centre has submitted confirmation that they are committed to hosting the examination the RCPCH Examinations Team will make every effort to publish the details on this page during each diet of the exam.

Last published on 16 October 2012