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We want more healthy children. So we make sure that our members get the knowledge and expertise they need, and we involve children, young people and families in all that we do.

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A career in paediatrics offers a chance to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people. Applications are now open to enter this dynamic specialty.

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Winter pressures

Urgent and emergency care services for children and young people face challenges each winter. With members' insight and case studies, we want to make an evidence-based case for change.

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Leaving the EU

Given significant integration between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland on health and social care, paediatricians here need further assurances on how Brexit will affect them.

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RCPCH responds to Academy pensions consultation

5 November 2019

RCPCH participated in a consultation by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges about proposals to reform the NHS Pension Scheme.

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News

Non-UK graduates less likely to be appointed to consultant posts, survey finds

10 October 2019

Paediatricians who qualified from medical school in a non-UK country are less likely to be offered a consultant post than their UK-trained peers, according to survey of 155 doctors by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

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Paediatric careers

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RCPCH responds to CMO report on obesity

10 October 2019

The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Dame Sally Davies, has today released an independent report entitled "Time to Change Childhood Obesity". RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, responds.

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Health inequalities

Looking to the future of child health

The theme for the 2020 RCPCH Conference and exhibition will be ‘Innovating for child health’. Join colleagues to explore the latest tools and ideas to help deliver the best possible care.

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Event

RCPCH Wales St David's Day Conference 2020

27 February 2020

Cardiff

With 'child health promotion; as our theme, this conference will provide updates on the state of child health in the UK, as well as introduce current interventions and strategies in Wales.

Course

College Tutors' Training Day

04 February 2020

Leeds

The College Tutors' Training Day will equip College Tutors with the knowledge and skills required to create a positive educational learning environment within their Trust.

Event

RCPCHStart (half day assessment for trainees) - autumn 2020

8 October 2020

Manchester

RCPCHStart (Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure) is for trainees in Level 3 training. The assessment is about three hours long, and you will be assigned to a morning or afternoon of the two day period.

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