Young people are at the forefront of this special RCPCH &Us edition - as they interview paediatricians about their jobs, meet the Milestones editorial team and tell us about their projects.
We have varied membership types - for medical students and foundation doctors, new trainees and post-MRCPCH doctors, affiliated child health professionals and retired paediatricians. Our questionnaire helps find the best type for you!
Live from this summer, Progress+ builds on the current curriculum, and will be flexible and fulfilling. Our FAQs, resources and updates outline what to expect.
Our audits aim to improve care and health outcomes for babies, children and young people. They cover neonatal medicine, epilepsy, diabetes, child protection services and PGHAN.
We continue to call on national governments to support paediatrics and child health - including fully costed, evidence-based strategies on workforce and health inequalities.
Children are among the most vulnerable to the health risks of climate change. We’re looking at what we can all do to help combat climate change for the future benefit of children and young people.
It has the potential to change our approaches to healthcare. Our ambitious new programme aims to address unmet need across the sector, in order to improve the health of children and young people.
Children living in poverty are more likely to experience poorer health outcomes. Three paediatricians talk about how to open up conversations with families about poverty.
Children living in poverty are more likely to experience poorer health outcomes, and paediatricians are in a unique position to advocate for lifelong change in their patients. Three doctors talk about how to make such conversations with families approachable and meaningful.
The high levels of Group A strep infections have placed enormous pressures on an already fragile health system, and it can feel tough being a paediatrician. But there is welcome news, too, from a national focus on air pollution to investment in genomics. Camilla writes her last message of 2022 to me...
This podcast is created by young volunteers with RCPCH &Us, and is all about working with children and young people to help improve their health and the health of others. Have a listen for ideas, examples and information on engagement from RCPCH doctors and young people!
On Thursday 8 December, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced it has been commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care to conduct an independent review of the disagreements that arise between families and healthcare teams in the care of critically ill children.
On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.
Camilla reflects on her recent trip to Scotland celebrating ‘Paediatrics Past and Present’ and remembers the lives of two outstanding clinicians. She also signposts updates to resources for services facing extreme pressures this winter.
Dr Ronny Cheung has become the new Officer of Health Services at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Dr Cheung works as a general paediatrician at the Evelina London Children's Hospital.