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A huge step in making climate action standard practice – at RCPCH Conference 2025

6 May 2025

Dr Alice Willson, (RCPCH Clinical Fellow, with the Clean Air Fund Partnership), reflects on climate change and sustainable practice taking centre stage at the College’s recent conference.

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Announcing the winners of the RCPCH Members' Award 2025

6 May 2025

Our Members' Award honours members who have undertaken exceptional work in support of child health and the College strategies. We are pleased to announce that Professor Bob Phillips and Professor George du Toit are the 2025 winners.

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Our blueprint for transforming child health services - six months on: our podcast

2 May 2025

Dr Ronny Cheung, Officer for Health Services (pictured), joins Alison Firth, Head of Health Policy, and Bruce Warwick, Public Affairs Manager, for a lively discussion on how our landmark report has helped secure commitments to deliver care equitably for children at a national and local level.

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Embracing neurodiversity and supporting neurodivergent paediatricians

30 April 2025

Over the last year a group of paediatricians and RCPCH staff members have collaborated to develop guidance on supporting neurodivergent paediatricians, in the hope of increasing awareness and creating a neuro-inclusive culture.

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RCPCH responds to Public Health Agency’s Children’s Health in Northern Ireland 2023/24 report

29 April 2025

The Public Health Agency’s annual report provides a statistical profile on various aspects of the health of children in Northern Ireland.

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Learning from Ryan’s Rule in Australia - patient safety guest blog

28 April 2025

Professor Nitin Kapur, who spoke at this year's RCPCH Conference, reflects on the implementation of Ryan’s Rule in Queensland a decade ago - as we here in the UK tentatively roll out Martha’s rule in our units.

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A brief history of vaccines

24 April 2025

Globally, immunisation has saved six lives every minute since 1974, a total of over 154 million, including 101 million under-5s. It is thought that vaccines are responsible for a 40% reduction in childhood mortality. As World Immunisation Week begins, we are looking back on the history of vaccines a...

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From the RCPCH Conference 2025 – patient safety spotlight

23 April 2025

A month on from the College’s conference in Glasgow (and online), our patient safety team of clinicians and staff recall the many inspiring and practical presentations and workshops on this theme.

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RCPCH responds to child and infant mortality data in England and Wales 2023

22 April 2025

ONS have published data on stillbirths, infant and childhood deaths occurring annually in England and Wales, and associated risk factors.

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Joint RCPCH and PCCS response to Supreme Court ruling on public naming of doctors following legal proceedings regarding a child’s care

17 April 2025

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Paediatric Critical Care Society (PCCS) respond to the Supreme Court's Ruling on injunctions preventing the naming of clinicians involved in legal proceedings regarding a child's care