England | RCPCH

Event

State of Child Health Summit: From evidence to action

21 January 2027

Manchester

Six months after the launch of RCPCH's State of Child Health report, join us in Manchester for a day focused on one key question: how do we turn evidence into action for children and young people? Bringing together paediatricians, policymakers, researchers, public health leaders, local government re...

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Remote and rural services: Evidence and case studies

Paediatric services in remote and rural areas of the UK face particular challenges, including limited service availability, recruitment difficulties, funding pressures and health inequalities. We explored the evidence and available service data, alongside three case studies of regional hospitals. We...

Health policy

Service design

Workforce

Event

Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Training Day (online) - October

13 October 2027

This event is for RCPCH members representing the College on an AAC. The AAC Assessor acts on behalf of the College to approve the job description and to take part in shortlisting and interview for recruiting substantive consultant posts in the NHS.

Advisory Appointments Committee

Event

Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Training Day (online) - June

17 June 2027

Advisory Appointments Committee

Committee

Education and Learning Board

The Education and Learning Board (ELB) was established in October 2021 and reports to the Education and Training Executive. The Board provides strategic leadership for all the education and professional development activity, such as courses, digital learning and CPD programmes. As the educational la...

News

RCPCH welcomes recommendations to strengthen neonatal data

8 October 2026

We welcome the publication of the latest National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) report, and are pleased to see improvement across a range of NNAP reported measures.

Resource

Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display - consultation response

In October 2026, RCPCH responded to the UK Government consultation on proposals relating to the packaging, appearance and retail display of tobacco, vaping and nicotine products.

Health policy

Public health

Smoking and vaping

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Developing general paediatric outpatient skills: standards for resident doctors and educational supervisors

This guidance is for paediatric resident doctors, supervisors and training programme leads. It outlines the expected outpatient experience throughout training and provides recommendations to support consistent, high-quality learning opportunities. Use this resource for planning, delivering and evalu...

Paediatric training

Service design

Resource

Mini Mouth Care Matters programme: Toolkit and implementation for oral health

Two practical resources from the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) and RCPCH support child health professionals to make oral health part of every contact with children, young people and their families.

Oral health

Public health

News

RCPCH responds to expansion of Healthy Babies programme

30 September 2026

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced plans to roll out a Healthy Babies programme to every local authority in England.