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The videos provide easy-to-follow advice for parents and carers on minor injuries and illnesses which may affect their children.

Elizabeth Lawson, a final year medical student, discusses the benefits of learning about disability medicine via this online resource and recommends its use alongside traditional undergraduate teaching methods.

David Evans looks back at a rewarding - and fun - five years as Vice President for Training and Assessment, and explains what he's enjoyed, what's been unexpected and why the next postholder will never be bored.

Our Officer for Health Improvement calls on the Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. The uplift was introduced last year by the Chancellor in response to the pandemic, and is currently due to be removed from payments at the end of March.

In June, Dr Shamez Ladhani will step down as Chair of British Paediatric Surveillance Unit's Scientific Committee after three years in the post, and we'll start recruitment for a new Chair from 29 January.

Dr Hannah Jacob, Chair of the Trainees Committee offers advice, tips and tools to help address some of the current worries voiced by members during these trying times.

As Camilla prepares to leave this role to become RCPCH President this spring, she looks back at some highlights - from a buzzing virtual conference to investment in paediatric recruitment - and encourages her fellow paediatricians to consider this important role.

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...

Our Officer for Health Improvement reacts to reports and pictures of packages sent to families who rely on the free school meals programme.

The candidates have each written a statement outlining their intentions for the role to help paediatric trainees cast their vote.