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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.
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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

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

Benefit of the month

These special events commemorate the admittance of our newest Ordinary members and Fellows who are presented with their MRCPCH or FRCPCH certificate, often with their loved ones present.

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Other resources...

Wellbeing for health professionals
Our career support service
Monthly blog from your President
Membership exam (MRCPCH)

Latest announcements

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News

An update on your membership subscriptions for 2019

3 December 2018
We have frozen both subscriptions and training fees for RCPCH approved trainees, and increased subscriptions for other membership categories by 2%, in line with inflation. We've also kept our free membership for medical students, foundation year doctors and honorary fellows.
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Russell Viner, RCPCH President, at a conference

Planning for the future: Brexit, the NHS and the paediatric workforce

In his November blog, Russell reflects on a tumultuous month in politics and looks to the future for the NHS and paediatrics.

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Latest articles and blogs

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GDPR: six months on

25 November 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation, along with the Data Protection Act 2018, replaced the Data Protection Act 1998 on 25 May 2018. Here we address some of the common misconceptions about the legislation six months after it came into effect. 
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