Standards of care
The RCPCH is committed to raising and maintaining standards in paediatrics and child health.
Our work includes developing, influencing and promoting policy to support paediatricians in improving children's services, as well as service reconfiguration modelling, setting standards for clinical practice and child protection.
We undertake quality improvement projects and national clinical audits to evaluate whether standards are being met and to help improve the quality of care.
We work closely with affiliated speciality groups, and engage directly with paediatricians, clinical managers and networks, as well as children, young people and their families to help drive improvements.
Find out more about our work to improve standards of care in paediatrics child health, including:
Health Policy
About the Health Policy team | Health and Social Care Act | Facing the Future | Child Health Atlas of variation
Service Configuration
Secure settings | General paediatrics | Community services | Emergency and urgent care | Networks for children's health services
Clinical management | Informatics for quality
Child Protection
Updates | Publications | Information and resources | Looked after children
Child Health Guidelines and Standards
Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement
Quality improvement workshop | National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) | Epilepsy12 National Audit | Decreased Conscious Level Multi-site Audit | National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA)
Position Statements
Childhood Obesity | Breastfeeding
Nutrition and Growth
Nutrition and growth | Obesity | Personal Child Health Record (PCHR)
Associated Publications, Resources and Links
- Chairman's Welcome
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