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Member Services team

About membership

We are responsible for the following:

  • Provide member support and respond to membership related queries
  • Manage and promote our range of membership benefits
  • Process membership applications and subscription payments, and manage renewals
  • Issue and verify membership certificates
  • Liaise with BMJ on subscriptions to our journal, Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • Organise fellowship networking events
  • Produce membership collateral and send membership communications and marketing activities
  • Advise College staff and Officers on membership matters and the associated bye-laws and regulations

Email the team at membership@rcpch.ac.uk or phone us on +44 020 7092 6000 (ask for Member Services). Office hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00.

Please state your RCPCH membership number when contacting us. We aim to respond to queries within five working days.

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Become an Associate Member

Join a network of medical practitioners with an interest in transforming the health of children and young people. To apply for RCPCH Associate membership, you'll need a primary medical qualification and to work mainly in child health. You can live anywhere in the world. Some associate members als...
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Become an Ordinary member

Ordinary membership, which is available for paediatricians in the UK and internationally who have passed MRCPCH Clinical, and which provides the MRCPCH designation, supports your professional development with a range of benefits.
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Resigning membership

A lifelong career in healthcare brings many challenges both in and out of the workplace. We hope you will decide to stay an RCPCH member throughout that journey and so, before you make any changes, we want to ensure you’re fully aware of the range of concessions and alternative subscription rates av...
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Become an Affiliate Member

This membership is for those devoted to improving child health outcomes and who share a vision of a healthier future for children and young people across the world.
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Become a Senior Fellow, Senior Member or Retired Associate Member

Are you a Fellow or Member who has permanently retired, but would like to remain involved with the College and stay updated with child health developments? Continue to receive the benefits of our membership at a significantly reduced rate. If you are not permanently retired, we have also introdu...
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Become a Fellow (by election)

Fellowship is the pinnacle of RCPCH membership. It recognises practitioners who have completed their specialist training and celebrates their contribution to paediatrics and child health. Fellowship by election is available to those members who can demonstrate examples of distinction and provide ...
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Become a Fellow (by registration)

Fellowship is the pinnacle of RCPCH membership - it recognises practitioners who have completed their specialist training and celebrates their contribution to paediatrics and child health. Fellowship by registration is available to paediatricians on the GMC or IMC Specialist Registers for Paediat...
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Archives of Disease in Childhood - our journal

The College's scientific publication is one of the leading paediatric journals in the world. A peer-reviewed journal, ADC focuses on all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period to adolescence. Its Education and Practice edition can help paediatricians in their ongoing professio...
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