Scotland

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Professor Russell Viner responds to COVID-19 update from CMO and CSO

21 September 2020

Russell comments on today's press conference by Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, and Sir Patrick Vallance, Chief Scientific Officer.

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Epilepsy12 - national organisational audit and clinical audit - 2019

Epilepsy is the commonest significant neurological disorder affecting children and young people. Launched in September 2020, these latest results from Epilepsy12 provide insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy, and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy servic...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Neurology

Epilepsy

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Retaining the paediatric workforce today and tomorrow - recording from members' live Q&A

As part of its ongoing careers work, the RCPCH launches its 2020 #ChoosePaediatrics campaign with the focus on retention and looking at how we retain the paediatric workforce today and tomorrow. Host Daniel Waeland, Director of Education & Training is joined by Camilla Kingdon, Vice President for...

Membership

Choose paediatrics

Workforce

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Update from Officer for Scotland - September 2020

2 September 2020

Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH Officer for Scotland, addresses members working across Scotland. He explores the College's programme of work on winter pressures, shielding guidance, the regularly updated COVID-19 research evidence summaries and the new virtual clinical exams.

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August – a significant month for trainees

26 August 2020

Dr Hannah Jacob, Chair of the Trainees Committee welcomes new trainees and all those starting new rotations. Acknowledging the difficulties experienced by trainees in the last few months, Hannah points to a number of College resources and updates to help support you.

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Vaccination in the UK - position statement

Vaccination is proven to be a highly effective intervention to prevent disease, and in the UK vaccines are routinely offered against 18 infections in childhood and adolescence, resulting in a substantial saving in morbidity and mortality. We provide key facts and considerations, our recommendations ...

Immunology

Health policy

Public health

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RCPCH announces forthcoming digital growth charts for parents and families

1 August 2020

We look ahead to plans for digital growth charts, which will be available to parents and carers in 2021.

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RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - opening up volunteer roles

In 2019, we commissioned a report, with external input, on member representation in our voluntary roles. In our action plan, published in July 2020, we outlined how we would implement these recommendations. This was our first step to improve EDI across all areas of our work. One year on, w...

Leadership

Volunteering

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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Protect children for a challenging winter ahead

14 July 2020

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the RCPCH made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...

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What has COVID-19 told us about the future of paediatrics?

26 June 2020

RCPCH today publishes its first report from Paediatrics 2040, a major project looking at how paediatrics will change over the next 20 years.