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Camilla explains that our strategy is built on four key strands, which will help guide our work and inform our priorities to ensure we are supporting our members and improving health outcomes for children and young people.

Our new two-level specialty training programme goes live from summer 2023. RCPCH Progress+ builds on our Progress curriculm, meeting the needs of tomorrow's trainees. Over the next year, we'll take each of our 11 new training principles and share trainees' personal experiences, case studies and teac...

RCPCH Progress+ is our vision for the future shape of paediatric training, and it has now been approved by the General Medical Council (GMC), for implementation in August/September 2023.

Our Vice President of Training & Assessment, Cathryn Chadwick, introduces our new training programme, now due to roll out from 2023, which will be outcomes-based, flexible and fit for the needs of our children and young people.

Our latest admissions ceremony for new Fellows, members and award winners was a feast of talent and pride, says Camilla. She also introduces two important annual reports just published, on race equality and on the experiences of trainees and trainers.

The RCPCH President and Vice-President for Training and Assessment comment on the General Medical Council’s National Training Survey summary report for 2021, which shows a rise in levels of burnout across the profession.