We are responsible for providing data and intelligence about the paediatric workforce in the UK. We run a biennial workforce census, regularly monitor new consultants and follow paediatric trainees to provide key data to inform working planning and policy.
We support the development of service standards and the delivery of service reviews, and responds to national workforce related consultations.
Team priorities
- Ongoing collection, analysis and dissemination of paediatric workforce data to inform and influence service design and workforce and educational planning
- In depth knowledge of the current paediatric medical workforce to support compliance with current safe and supportive staffing models and future modelling
Key current projects
- Biennial workforce census
- CCT and CESR follow up survey
- Modernising Medical Careers cohort study
- Rota compliance and vacancies monitoring
- Outcome measures for acute general paediatrics
- Community child health workforce planning guidance
Contact
Email: workforce@rcpch.ac.uk
Recent content
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Physician Associates in Paediatrics - reflections from our online event
Physician Associates (PA) are an integral part of the multidisciplinary workforce bringing new talent to health services. Given the importance of this area and the future of the paediatric workforce and child health outcomes, we launched an online event in October 2020 with the aim of providing a pl...
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Physician Associate online event resources
Our online event on 6 October 2020 began with talks about the current landscape of Physician Associates (PAs) in the UK and the future of the multidisciplinary child health workforce. PAs presented on their quality improvement projects, and in the afternoon we ran interactive workshop. Here we prese...
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Snapshot of general paediatric services and workforce in the UK
This study about general paediatric services and workforce was conducted in September 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results reveal a stretched general paediatric service, with a great deal of variation in services across the UK. This report serves as a useful benchmark and as a prompt to...
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Snapshot of neonatal services and workforce in the UK
The current study was conducted on a weekday and weekend day in September 2019, and surveyed 191 neonatal services. Results from this snapshot were reported back to neonatal services in January 2020 through individual benchmarking reports produced by the GIRFT team. This report summarises the findin...
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A snapshot of general paediatric and neonatal services: benchmarking for improvement and recovery
25 September 2020
Two new reports have been released outlining the findings of a snapshot survey of the UK's general paediatric and neonatal services and workforce in September 2019. The reports provide a pre-COVID benchmark and give recommendations to government, service planners and other decision makers about how ...
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The impact of COVID-19 on child health services - report
This report shows findings from child health services across the UK about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020.
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Impact of COVID-19 on child health services - user guide
This page explains how to enter data for the second phase of this project over winter 2020-21.
It also explains how to view and interpret the Reports pages. These will be updated with the latest findings from the second phase as well as show findings from the first phase (April to July 2020).
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Impact of COVID-19 on child health services tool
This project collects and reports data to support child health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. We ask representatives, such as the paediatric clinical lead, to respond on behalf of their Trust or Health Board. The data are reported back regularly to support service planning, and to be used as...
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Workforce census 2020 data submission - user guide
This page explains how to submit data for our census, using our online data collection system, which is now open. Our Workforce team is sending login details to Clinical leads and directors at each NHS Trust / Health Board in the UK, as well as colleagues they assign.
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Workforce census: Focus on Northern Ireland (2019)
This report, published in December 2019, focuses on the Northern Ireland findings form the workforce census 2017, and makes five key Northern Ireland-specific recommendations.