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Together with NHS England / NHS Improvement, we've been working on ways to enhance paediatric support through NHS 111 services. Following last year's successful pilot, NHS England is now recruiting paediatricians to undertake paid shifts for NHS 111 for six to 12 months.

What can we learn from each other? Dr Siân Ludman, consultant paediatric allergist, and her trainee and consultant colleagues have developed a new guide for those supervising trainees in paediatric allergy, immunology and infectious diseases. An achievement to be proud of – and she hopes it inspires...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) responds to the UK Government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report.

Joanne Shaw will take up the role in November 2021 when Dame Mary Marsh’s term as the current Chair expires. The Board of Trustees plays a vital role in the life of the College.

We have successfully run two diets of the MRCPCH COVID Adapted Clinical exam for UK trainees in the past few months and we have learned a great deal as a result. The Examinations team wishes to thank all of our overseas candidates for your patience and understanding during this period.

RCPCH have joined a coalition of 13 healthcare organisations to urge the Government to deliver on its 2018 commitment to strip the General Medical Council (GMC) of its power to appeal decisions made by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS.)

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit in collaboration with Public Health England are to commence a series of webinars accessible by all. Registration is free for both days, more details on how to sign up can be found below.

Dr Sunitha Vimalesvaran tells us about her role as the Trainee Representative for Examinations, the issues that lie ahead and what she hopes to achieve supporting fellow trainees.

Dr Mike Linney has been RCPCH Registrar since 2017, with responsibility to oversee the College’s governance, and before that he was Southern Area Officer to Council and Wessex Representative. As he prepares to retire from his years at the College, he looks back at a “truly remarkable time”.

In February 2021, we published the conclusions of our Paediatrics 2040 project. In this blog Dr Seb Gray explains why we included a focused report on wellbeing and offers some practical thoughts on supporting the wellbeing of paediatricians into the future.