Research and Evidence team

We coordinate research activity and works across the College to ensure that outputs are evidence-based and their impact is appropriately evaluated. We develop guidelines, and support members and specialist groups with guideline development, and produce child protection evidence reviews.

We work internally and externally to promote child health research, influence key bodies to fund and carry out more high quality child health research and support staff, our membership and wider child health professionals to design, deliver and disseminate research.  We want to increase paediatric research capacity and ensure that all those involved in paediatric research have the skills and knowledge to actively involve children and young people in research.

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Digital health skills survey 2024-2025 - results

RCPCH members were invited to complete our survey about their skills, experience and confidence in using digital health technologies, their preferences for training and to what extent they participate in decision-making. These findings will help us develop resources to support members' skills now an...
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Digital health solutions survey 2024-25 - results

RCPCH members were invited to complete our survey to identify the digital health solutions in the workplace, their experiences of using them and their general views of the usefulness, benefits and challenges, barriers and facilitators to adopting these. We present the key findings from this survey a...
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Celebrating research on children's health and wellbeing – from the NIHR Programme Development Grant winners

In 2024 the National Institute for Health and Care Research partnered with RCPCH to offer significant research funding to address some of the most challenging issues in children’s health and care. A year on, we highlight some of the incredible work being done by the College members who received thes...
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Clinical Guidelines Programme - Privacy Notice

Protecting the privacy and data of clinicians who participate in the development of clinical guidelines and other resources, including engaging in formal consultation on documents we produce, is of utmost importance to us. This privacy notice explains how the Clinical Guidelines programme at the Roy...