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The report highlights several serious health and safeguarding concerns for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK.

Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the Home Secretary urging him to reconsider the use of x-rays as methods of age assessments for children seeking asylum in the UK.

Today people across the country are commemorating Remembrance Day. Before founding the British Paediatric Association, many of our early members saw military action during the First World War. During the Second World War some members were on the front line and others continued treating children even...

The engagement project, by the Association for Young People's Health, shares understanding of experiences from young people with epilepsy who are based in communities that experience marginalisation. This news article shares background information on the scoping and set up of the engagement project ...

The RCPCH and Epilepsy12, one of our clinical audits, welcome the publication of this National Bundle of Care by the NHS England Children and Young People (CYP) Transformation Programme.

On 12 September 2023, the Government confirmed its plans to authorise the use of x-rays in the age assessment of children and young people seeking asylum in the UK.

We have been recommissioned by NHS England to continue offering quality improvement training to paediatric epilepsy teams until August 2024. We're now inviting registrations of interest.

On Thursday 20 July, the Illegal Migration Bill received Royal Assent becoming the Illegal Migration Act.

Five years ago, we published a blog on the College's history with the NHS over the years. To celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS, we thought we’d focus on its early years and the changes in paediatric care at that time.

To celebrate King Charles III’s coronation, we’ve been digging back into our archives to explore the connections between RCPCH and the Royal family over the years. With visits from the reigning monarch, knighthoods of members and the College’s Royal patronage, there’s been plenty to discover.