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Paediatricians launch landmark report on gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders facing children and young people

16 December 2021

Children and young people around the four countries of the UK with gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders face a wide variation of support when it comes to getting out of hours or 24/7 emergency care says the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPHGA...

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Dr Tom Waterfield wins the 2021 Donald Paterson prize

12 May 2021

In memory of Dr Donald Paterson, we offer this award to one individual for the best published paper in paediatrics from the last two years. We hear from the Paterson family and we speak to Tom about his winning publication and its importance for child health.

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Redeployment of health visitors has left vulnerable children at risk

29 July 2020

Health visitors fear the needs of vulnerable children have been missed due to staff redeployment to support the COVID-19 workforce, according to a new UCL survey.

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What has COVID-19 told us about the future of paediatrics?

26 June 2020

RCPCH today publishes its first report from Paediatrics 2040, a major project looking at how paediatrics will change over the next 20 years.

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We've updated our Companion on the timing of blood investigations for fractures

16 June 2020

Changes have been made to our Child Protection Companion's chapter 9, ''Recognition of physical abuse' to accommodate suggested amendments by the British Paediatric and Adolescent Bone Group on the timing of blood investigations for fractures.

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Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight reversed in the UK between 1953 and 2015

21 March 2018

Since the post-war period, socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight have reversed in the UK – with disadvantaged children originally being more likely to be thinner than more advantaged children, but now typically being more likely to be overweight or obese, according to an observational stud...

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Latest Millennium Cohort Study finds one in five young people obese at age 14

7 December 2017

Professor Mary Fewtrell, Nutrition Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, responds to these latest findings which were published by the UCL Institute of Education.

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Care Quality Commission report warns the future quality of the health system is at risk as it struggles to cope with demand

10 October 2017

We respond to the CQC State of Care report, published in October 2017.

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Research published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood finds overall improvement in survival rates of preterm babies

8 September 2017

Professor Neena Modi says this is a tribute to the dedication of healthcare professionals around the country.

Paediatricians launch landmark report on gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional disorders facing children and young people

Dr Tom Waterfield wins the 2021 Donald Paterson prize

Redeployment of health visitors has left vulnerable children at risk

What has COVID-19 told us about the future of paediatrics?

We've updated our Companion on the timing of blood investigations for fractures

Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight reversed in the UK between 1953 and 2015

Latest Millennium Cohort Study finds one in five young people obese at age 14

Care Quality Commission report warns the future quality of the health system is at risk as it struggles to cope with demand

Research published in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood finds overall improvement in survival rates of preterm babies

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