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As the 2020 RCPCH Conference approaches, RCPCH President, Russell Viner shares his thoughts on our upcoming flagship event.

Our President Professor Russell Viner comments on the Dubs amendment to protect child refugees from family separations.

The GMC today published their first survey of specialty and associate specialist and locally employed doctors. Dr Prakash Kalambettu, chair of the RCPCH’s Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor Committee, comments on the findings.

As a paediatrician, there are many reasons you should become a mentor… Not only is it an essential part of your career development, but the skills and experiences you will acquire along the way will be incredibly valuable to you and your career.

Next year sees the launch of our networking events for RCPCH Fellows, with confirmed dates of 29 January in Manchester and 5 March in London. We'll start with lunch, and enjoy an afternoon of talks, drop-in sessions and informal discussions on key topics. We look forward to meeting you soon!

We're delighted to announce this year's winner of the RCPCH Global Programme Development Grant. Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)'s one-year programme is identifying gaps in the quality of post-discharge care and how to make improvements and scale up, despite limited resources.

We respond to the publication of A&E waiting times by the NHS. Less than three-quarters of patients attending A&E departments in England during October were seen within the four hour target period.

Next year’s RCPCH Conference will play host to a diverse line-up of prominent speakers who will take to the main stage over the three-day event.

Paediatricians who qualified from medical school in a non-UK country are less likely to be offered a consultant post than their UK-trained peers, according to survey of 155 doctors by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

The Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) provides a detailed picture of the health of the Scottish population in private households and is designed to make a major contribution to the monitoring of health in Scotland. RCPCH Officer for Scotland, Professor Steve Turner, responds.