Membership

As a member - in the UK or internationally, a paediatrician, nurse or an allied health professional - you can contribute to promoting better outcomes for children through your combined experience, knowledge and influence - and will be supported throughout your career.

Your benefits as a member

We offer a range of benefits - from access to Paediatric Care Online and our Archives journal to event discounts. See what's available to your membership type.

Your benefits

Manage your membership

As a member, you can log in to your online account to keep your details up-to-date, search for other members and pay your subscriptions.

Your membership

UK-wide Officers & Leads

Make sure your voice is heard. Each College area in the UK and Ireland has an elected Officer who represents you at Council.

Your UK region

New ID | Change | Together | Voice | Action

Scoring change in 2019

In this first month of the new year, we've seen the launch of the NHS Long Term Plan (England), released screen time guidance, launched our State of Child Health scorecards and more! Russell Viner, RCPCH President blogs.

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Types of membership

Ordinary (via examination)

Ordinary (via election)

Fellow (via registration)

Fellow (via election)

Senior Fellow, Senior Member, Retired Associate

Junior

Associate

Affiliate - for non-doctors

Affiliate - for medical students

Affiliate - for foundation doctors

Your benefit of the month

Members tell us they love our educational programmes, with a trainee remarking of one, "the best single course I have attended in the last year". We now offer a standard 25% discount to our members, with further reductions for trainees.

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Latest opportunities

All volunteering opportunities

Volunteering opportunity

Help us lead on the development of our theory exams

25 February 2019

We're recruiting Principal Area Theory (PAT) Leads for regions across the UK. This vital leadership role supports our MRCPCH theory exams, which test appropriate areas of the curriculum for level 1 paediatric training. You'll facilitate regular and dynamic Question Setting Groups (QSGs) with consult...

Volunteering opportunity

Develop resources to help fellow trainees use Progress curriculum

Each month we highlight one of the 11 domains in RCPCH Progress, our paediatric training curriculum. Trainees and consultants write case studies and produce short videos explaining how they have used the domain in their work. It's a great way to highlight your achievements and support your colleague...

Paediatric training

Volunteering opportunity

Write questions for the theory exams

If you're a member with MRCPCH, why not join a Question Setting Group (QSG), in your region? Our day-long meetings are a great opportunity to support the next generation of paediatricians, develop your skills and network with new colleagues and old friends.

Other resources...

Wellbeing for health professionals

Our career support service

Monthly blog from your President

Membership exam (MRCPCH)

Latest announcements

All announcements

News

Complete our survey on healthcare access for children on the move and migrants

15 February 2019

We are asking frontline professionals their views and experiences of NHS charging for children and pregnant women. This is an open call to all health workers working with children. We are seeking to further understand the impacts of the charging regulations and wider migration policy changes in prac...

Global child health

Health policy

Refugee

News

A movement for child health: where next?

11 February 2019

The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our “Two years on scorecards” – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...

Health policy

Participation

Public health

News

Membership benefit of the month - high quality courses with member discounts

1 February 2019

Members tell us they love our educational programmes, with a trainee remarking of one, "the best single course I have attended in the last year". To ensure we offer excellent value for money, we reviewed our fees and found that other organisations, including medical colleges, offer a 10% discount to...

Membership

Latest articles and blogs

All articles and blogs

News

Time to Talk- Supporting children and young people with mental health

6 February 2019

There has been a lot in the media about mental health recently, with the government promising that mental health will be a key focus of the NHS Long Term Plan. But we know that lots of parents will still have niggling questions. Dr Lee Hudson, Mental Health Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics a...

Area of medicine

Mental health

Health policy

News

The depths of winter - building pressure in children Emergency Departments

20 December 2018

The author Paul Theroux said, “Winter is a season of recovery and preparation” and yet the reverse is true in paediatrics. Our last few winters have been so bad that government talk of winter pressures funding seems to start as soon as the daffodils emerge in spring. But when did you last read about...

Wellbeing

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

News

RCPCH Global - saving lives, building bridges

20 December 2018

We are approaching the end of our first year of a quality improvement intervention in Rwandan district hospitals. RCPCH Global reflects on the successes and challenges of saving lives at birth in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Neonatal medicine

Perinatal medicine

Global child health