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This week Camilla reminds members about the launch of Progress+ on 1 August (join in our 'pink' celebrations) and shares our new Thrive Paediatrics resource on best practice for transforming working lives.

Is climate change creating challenges in your work as a child health professional? Our Climate Change Working Group international workstream chairs, Bernadette O’Hare and Haytham Ali, reach out the international paediatric community to find out about climate change outside the UK. [This survey is no...

Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales talks about his experience of contributing to a Senedd review of Pupil Absence. He shares the potential of other current and upcoming work in Wales designed to create improved outcomes. In doing so, he signposts key information to help inform practice and s...

From negotiating preservation of training numbers for Progress+ to questioning birth rate projections used in workforce modelling, Camilla highlights some of the areas where we are advocating for our workforce. The blog also links to some important recent publications.

NHS data reveals that the number of children awaiting consultant led treatment for over 52 weeks has risen to 21,282. There are now 416,790 children on referral to treatment waiting lists in England. 

As we transition to the updated specialty training programme, ECAT will provide an excellent learning opportunity, and reassure that trainees have the capabilities for tier 2 work through an entrustment decision.

RCPCH have long advocated for a paediatric mental health lead to be embedded in paediatric departments across the country.

Last year, RCPCH strongly supported an amendment to the Health and Care Act 2022 which required a report to be laid before parliament setting out improvements to information sharing in relation to children’s health, social care and safeguarding, and setting out the Government’s policy on a consisten...

Camilla responds to the NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan and reflects on ongoing challenges. She covers our campaigning activity calling for a ban on all disposable vapes and touches on the NHS's 75th birthday later this week.