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A farewell from our Registrar

30 March 2021

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”.

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RCPCH responds to the creation of the Office for Health Promotion

29 March 2021

Professor Russell Viner writes about the proposed new body to tackle obesity and mental health, and the promotion of physical activity.

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RCPCH responds to Early Years Healthy Development Review

25 March 2021

Professor Russell Viner, RCPCH President, responds to the publication of the Early Years Healthy Development Review, chaired by the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP.

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Why diversity and inclusivity across paediatrics is vital

23 March 2021

Dr Sophie Jackson, trainee paediatrician based in Bristol, is on the College’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Member Reference Group. She looks at why diversity in paediatrics helps to improve patient care and build a more equal society – and reflects on the publication of our new reports in this...

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We need every paediatrician to feel they are treated equally, fairly and kindly

16 March 2021

The work we are doing on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is so vital. Camilla Kingdon, who is Co-Chair of our EDI Oversight Group, introduces our phase 2 reports – a really important milestone in our ongoing work in this area – and encourages members to complete our new diversity monitoring ...

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Elections in Wales and Scotland - we publish our manifestos for child health

9 March 2021

The elections to the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments will be unlike any other, taking place in the context of the global pandemic. Although most children and teenagers do not become seriously ill with COVID-19, the impact on their lives, education, services and mental health and wellbeing has been im...

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Choose to Challenge on #IWD2021

8 March 2021

Our President elect reflects on the need to challenge, collaborate and celebrate on International Women’s Day.

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International Women's Day - celebrating the history of women in RCPCH and paediatrics

8 March 2021

Today, over 60% of our 19,000-plus members are women - and both male and female paediatricians take up flexible working and less than full time training. But gender equality is a work in progress, and we must never be complacent.

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‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare

24 December 2017

School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.

A farewell from our Registrar

RCPCH responds to the creation of the Office for Health Promotion

RCPCH responds to Early Years Healthy Development Review

Why diversity and inclusivity across paediatrics is vital

We need every paediatrician to feel they are treated equally, fairly and kindly

Elections in Wales and Scotland - we publish our manifestos for child health

Choose to Challenge on #IWD2021

International Women's Day - celebrating the history of women in RCPCH and paediatrics

‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare

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