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Its only 25 days into the New Year (happy new year by the way) and it feels like 25 months have passed. We’ve seen the launch of the NHS Long Term Plan (England), launched our own screen time guidance and hosted a roundtable with three CMOs on social media use, launched our State of Child Health 201...

The RCPCH has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report.

Read about the State of Child Health one year on, Facing the Future standards audit, Progress the new paediatric curriculum and much more...

We asked Serena Haywood what she thinks about resilience, and her suggestions for helping negotiate the difficult days.

"It’s not weak to fail. It’s not a failure to be human. Doctors are not gods or monsters but we can feel or be made to feel both, often simultaneously." Serena Haywood, neurodevelopmental paediatrician at St George's University Hospital, writes about her own experiences of mental health, and why it ...

Gayle Hann, consultant paediatrician and named doctor for child protection, explains her journey to working in safeguarding.