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Disability Matters: a welcome addition to the medical school curriculum
20 January 2021
Elizabeth Lawson, a final year medical student, discusses the benefits of learning about disability medicine via this online resource and recommends its use alongside traditional undergraduate teaching methods.
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RCPCH Conference 2021 – abstract submission is now open
3 December 2020
After a successful RCPCH Conference Online 2020, we’re busy planning the 2021 event - and you are invited to get involved. We will be releasing full event details, including dates, over the coming weeks. In the meantime, the Conference Organising Committee is now inviting submissions of papers for ...
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Young people win a national award for epilepsy quality improvement
27 November 2020
The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been selected as joint winners in the HQIP Audit Heroes Awards 2020 in the Volunteer of the Year Category, recognising their hard work to support improvements in epilepsy care.
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Keeping paediatric diabetes on the radar - how our Diabetes Quality Programme is delivering activities during COVID-19
19 November 2020
We’ve made innovative adaptations to keep Paediatric diabetes on the radar during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve care and outcomes.
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Why do I volunteer?
16 October 2020
Dr Yincent Tse is Lead for Patient Safety and Quality Improvement on the RCPCH Quality Improvement Committee and joint RCPCH/NPPG Medicines Committee. He recently completed his term as Secretary for the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology, and Deputy Head of School for North East and North...
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Epilepsy12 - pedal with purpose!
30 September 2020
Dr Colin Dunkley, Consultant Paediatrician and Clinical Lead for Epilepsy12 tells us about the recent report on the clinical and organisational aspects of epilepsies care for children and young people in England and Wales.
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A snapshot of general paediatric and neonatal services: benchmarking for improvement and recovery
25 September 2020
Two new reports have been released outlining the findings of a snapshot survey of the UK's general paediatric and neonatal services and workforce in September 2019. The reports provide a pre-COVID benchmark and give recommendations to government, service planners and other decision makers about how ...
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Why I chose PEM and how this impacts on work life balance
27 August 2020
David James tells us how he balances an acute specialty with a healthy work life balance - and how a bit of cycling helps, too!
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How we delivered the National Diabetes Quality Programme
27 August 2020
Dr Andrea Srur, Programme Manager for the national Diabetes Quality Programme, describes the recent successes from this project and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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RCPCH welcomes People Plan but warns recruitment crisis cannot wait
30 July 2020
Our President, Professor Russell Viner, responds to the publication of the NHS People Plan 2020/21.