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The College’s new Officer for Recruitment, Dr Simon Broughton, introduces the members behind his Recruitment Team: Dr Emma Coombe, Dr Kay Tyerman and Dr Alok Sharma. The team is committed to working together to promote paediatrics as a career and to always put trainees first.

For many of us, planning ahead is a way to manage stress and workload, and to ensure we have control over our future. But what happens when major events scupper those plans? Dr Eimear McCorry explores her fears that her pandemic strategy was interrupted, and how she found ways to embrace the positiv...

Thousands of members sign an open letter urging the UK Government to change course on free school meals during the holidays.

We join a coalition of organisations in declaring a climate emergency and publish a plan to accelerate our work in this area.

Russell's term as President finishes next spring, as does that of our Registrar, and so the College is looking for clinicians who can bring their passions and priorities to these roles. And, we continue our calls to protect and restore children's health services this winter with a new statement, plu...

We publish our statement on the need to restore and protect child and paediatric health services this winter.

We are excited to welcome Dr Akindolie as the newest addition to the College's clinical leadership team.

We responded to calls for doctors to 'take responsibility' for the NHS. Our joint letter was published in The Times.

This issue looks at the State of Child Health 2020 report, offering advice to practising paediatricians. Features also include our first debate, on when children become adults in the eyes of the NHS, as well as hearing from one of our members on his 50-year long career. We also have views from membe...