..., and look forward to seeing you again next May in Birmingham for our 30th birthday celebration!
Yesterday’s afternoon plenary was headlined by Professor Nitin Kapur on the principles of patient-centric care with examples of Ryan’s rule from his experience in Queensland, which has links to Martha’s Rule in the UK.
We hosted the RCPCH Honorary Fellowship Awards on stage. Enormous congratulations to our past President Dr Camilla Kingdon and past Officer for Northern Ireland Dr Ray Nethercott, as well as brilliant colleagues Dr Ajay Gaur, Professor Betty Kirkwood, Dr Deepak Ugra, Dr Mithilesh Lal, Dr Naveen Thacker, Dr Stephanie Smith, Professor Tim Cheetham, Dr Tufail Muhammad, Professor Deidre Kelly and Professor Martin Savage.
We ended Thursday with the Conference dinner, ceilidh and lots and lots of dancing! The evening was held at Glasgow Science Centre where people immersed themselves into the intriguing illusions and strange experiences. A brilliant evening!
Friday started with high vis, big smiles and hoods up at a drizzly ‘Ride for their lives’ bike ride. It was a great opportunity to begin the day with some exercise while chatting and supporting each other in clean air advocacy.
Others participated in some early morning yoga - ready to start their day refreshed and invigorated!
Kicking off the plenary today was keynote speaker Mr Stephen Tomlin on sustainable medicines for children. He spoke about what needs to be tackled globally and what those dealing with medicines in paediatrics can do on a local level
There was again high attendance at the Rare Disease Hub this morning, with the sponsored educational session by Lyme Resource Centre on identifying Lyme disease or “the new great imitator”.
The buzz on the exhibition floor continued for the final day, with new and old friends chatting away, speaking with charities and organisations, as well as a final catch up on the posters.
The Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) was demonstrating some life saving training techniques on its stand, based on its course, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A practical approach to emergencies.
RCPCH &Us programme celebrated their 10 year anniversary of their work with a fantastic performance piece on stage in the plenary!
Our final keynote speaker for 2025 was Dr Stephanie Lamb, who spoke on the future of adolescent health. She touched on hot topics including smartphones, social media and the impacts of the internet, and the long term effects of COVID-19 on young people and their brain development.
We ended the Conference with closing remarks from the President, Professor Steve Turner, who took us back through some marvellous moments and celebrations. Steve also called out to everyone to mark diaries for 11-13 May 2026 and join us for next year’s conference in Birmingham. It'll be a big one with so much to look forward to in 2026 - as we round off the 10th anniversary of RCPCH &Us and celebrate the 30th birthday of RCPCH, 40th birthday of BPSU and (incredibly) the centenary of Archives of Disease in Childhood!
We thank everyone who has attended #RCPCH25 conference, both in-person and virtually. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.