Our team works with paediatricians across Scotland, administers our committees and provides the Scottish Government with a push for policy change.
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Membership
RCPCH electionsVoting is now open for the new Chair of our Trainees' Committee. All UK paediatricians on a CCT programme and registered with RCPCH will receive their ballot by post and email.
Nominations for College postsThis round includes Officer for Clinical Standards & Quality Improvement, Regional Leads and roles across our committees. We're also recruiting for two Vice President posts. -
Education and careers
Redeployment during COVID-19We recognise that redeployment of trainee paediatricians to adult services may be necessary through the pandemic's surges - we've produced principles to minimise disruption to your training. -
Work we do
Measuring impact on child health servicesWe are collecting data from UK clinical leads over the COVID-19 pandemic, and regularly reporting to support service planning. -
Resources
Paediatrician of the futureHealthcare is changing and the paediatric training programme needs to adapt - our document sets out 11 training principles
Winter planningServices for children and young people face challenges, particularly each winter - and perhaps none more so than this year. -
Key topics
COVID-19We continue to look at the risks and impacts of COVID-19 on our members, the wider child health workforce and children and young people. Explore our guidance and resources. -
News and events
Learning together to improve child healthJoin us at the first online RCPCH Conference Singapore to share the latest innovations and best practice from Asia, Europe and beyond - featuring insightful keynotes and interactive workshops with expert speakers.
Contributing to paediatricians' developmentAs Regional Lead for Mersey, Dr Rosaline Garr relishes the opportunity to be involved in the development of fellow doctors, from helping to forecast the future of paediatrics, acting as examiner or being a course facilitator...
If you're a member in Scotland, we invite you to contact your representatives about anything you want to discuss at a local or executive level.
Our Scottish Child Protection Subcommittee informs the College on matters pertinent to child protection in Scotland.
For members - College regions in Scotland
Scotland news and opportunities
News
UK CMOs, Academy and GMC write a letter of support to doctors through COVID-19
13 January 2021
The Chief Medical Officers of the four UK nations, NHS England and NHS Improvement, General Medical Council and Academy of Medical Royal Colleges have written a further letter of thanks and support to all doctors during this pandemic. While noting the real hope that vaccinations offer, the letter ac...
News
RCPCH calls for urgent review of meal packages
12 January 2021
Our Officer for Health Improvement reacts to reports and pictures of packages sent to families who rely on the free school meals programme.
News
Update on Level 1 (ST1) recruitment: Plan A and Plan B - 11 January 2021
11 January 2021
Following our meeting with Health Education England on 8 January, we intend to continue with 'Plan A' as the preferred option for recruitment, which includes virtual interviewing. We will continue to keep this under review working closely with our colleagues at HEE and keeping the four Statutory Edu...
RCPCH Scotland team
We work closely with RCPCH members, Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and other stakeholders to transform child health in Scotland, with the aim of Scotland being one of the best places in the world to grow up. We also provide information and guidance specific to the needs of devolved health policy and support the work of the Scottish Executive Committee, the Scottish Child Protection Committee and the Scottish Paediatric Society.
For all enquiries email us at enquiries-scotland@rcpch.ac.uk. We’re updating our phone and mail contacts and will update this page soon. You can use our main contact us page to find key teams at the College.
Resources related to Scotland
Document
Paediatric training and redeployment during COVID-19 surges
The RCPCH recognises that redeployment of trainee paediatricians to adult services may be necessary through the surges of this pandemic. This guidance describes the principles that should minimise disruption that inevitably occurs to paediatric training during a redeployment.
Document
Submission to the United Nations on children's rights
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) will be assessing how well the UK is implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 2022. As part of the process, RCPCH members, children and young people have supported the submission sharing ar...
Resource
National Neonatal Audit Programme virtual update event 2020 - resources
On 12 November 2020, the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) hosted its inaugural virtual update event as a live webinar. You can access resources from the event on this page.
Scottish Paediatric Society (SPS)
SPS is open to all doctors in paediatrics, with activities including paediatric research, CPD, events and networking along with opportunities for trainees to meet and present.