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Event

Applying to paediatric sub-specialty training - webinar

05 August 2026

If you're planning to apply to paediatric sub-specialty training when applications open for the next round in October 2026, join us for this informative webinar. The RCPCH Medical Recruitment Team will guide you through the application process and explain the changes for this round in detail. The ev...

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

Volunteering opportunity

Workforce and Recruitment Board: SAS Representative

Closing date

17 August 2026

This Board works to ensure fair and inclusive selection processes are maintained, with quality improvement embedded at the heart of the work and making sure that there is a clear strategy. We are now recruiting a Specialist, Associate specialist and Specialty doctors (SAS) Representative.

Workforce

Volunteering opportunity

Education and Learning Board: Clinical Lead for Exam Preparation

Closing date

17 August 2026

We are recruiting for a Clinical Lead for Exam Preparation, which works with our Education and Learning Board and Education and Professional Development staff team. You will review the current exam preparation education programme and scope development options to improve and expand it in line with st...

Examinations

News

The UK is raising one of the unhealthiest generations in decades, paediatricians warn

14 July 2026

The UK now has some of the worst outcomes for children in Europe, with declining vaccination rates and rising asthma admissions and mental health disorders. Paediatricians warn that, without urgent action, the UK is on track to raise one of the unhealthiest generations of children in decades.

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State of Child Health 2026: Oral health

This indicator examines the rate of tooth decay by reporting the proportion of children aged 5 years with obvious tooth decay across England, Scotland and Wales. Data for Northern Ireland were last collected in 2018 and are not included.

Oral health

Health policy

Document

State of Child Health 2026: Obesity

This indicator looks at the prevalence of children across the UK who are overweight or obese when they start primary school compared to when they finish by measuring a child’s body mass index (BMI).

Document

State of Child Health 2026: Vaping and smoking

This indicator reports primarily on youth vaping trends by examining the proportion of children aged 15 who are e-cigarette users, including those who have ever tried an e-cigarette and those who currently vape, across the UK.

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State of Child Health 2026: Emotional health and wellbeing

This is a child and young person-led indicator, selected through a UK-wide engagement and ballot process and further developed with children and young people across the UK to reflect what emotional health and wellbeing support should look like and how it should be measured.

Children and young people's voice

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State of Child Health 2026: Early childhood development

This indicator assesses whether children have met the expected developmental outcomes as they enter primary school. It provides an indication of their overall health and wellbeing at a key milestone, and whether children have received access to the support they needed to ensure the best start in lif...

Infant health

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State of Child Health 2026: Headline recommendations

Our 12 indicators provide a practical framework for current and future governments to track and measure progress on children’s health outcomes. We make three key recommendations: improve data, set national targets and invest in children’s health.

Health policy