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Volunteering opportunity

Trainees - volunteering opportunities

Closing date

23 March 2026

Trainees are vital to the work and the growth of the College, and are welcomed in many positions in volunteering for the RCPCH. There are committees and groups dedicated to the Trainee experience, including the Trainee Committee.

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RCPCH responds to GMC's SAS and LE doctors survey

9 January 2020

The GMC today published their first survey of specialty and associate specialist and locally employed doctors. Dr Prakash Kalambettu, chair of the RCPCH’s Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor Committee, comments on the findings.

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State of Child Health - about

Our landmark report. published in March 2020 as a microsite with some updates in spring 2021, provides a snapshot of infant, children and young people's physical and mental health, bringing together available data across the UK.

Health policy

Public health

Research

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Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care: archived

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) works to improve standards of neonatal care in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man. We aim to make the information we gather and share in our annual reports accessible by publishing 'Your baby's care', our guide for parents and carers. You can do...

Intensive care medicine

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Pensions tax loading additional pressure on paediatric workforce, according to RCPCH survey of members

5 December 2019

We surveyed 715 paediatricians in the UK to assess the effects of the pensions tax issue on services, morale, and work practices.

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Safety-netting information following a first seizure without a fever in children and young people

These high quality leaflets provide information to parents and carers of children and young people who have had a first seizure that was not considered to be a ‘febrile convulsion’, as well as children and young people themselves.

Community child health

Engaging children and young people

Patient information

Patient safety

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RCPCH pensions survey - the impact of pension tax legislation on our UK members

Our survey of paediatric consultants in the UK highlights the damaging impact of pension related tax bills on clinicians, and the knock-on effect on services for children and young people. Our document describes the findings from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Workforce

Pensions

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Ending the sale of energy drinks to children - consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation on ending the sale of energy drinks to children as part of the ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’. We support a ban on the sale of energy drinks to children and young people.

Wellbeing for children and young people

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