Announcement

We are asking frontline professionals their views and experiences of NHS charging for children and pregnant women. This is an open call to all health workers working with children. We are seeking to further understand the impacts of the charging regulations and wider migration policy changes in prac...

The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our “Two years on scorecards” – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...

Members tell us they love our educational programmes, with a trainee remarking of one, "the best single course I have attended in the last year". To ensure we offer excellent value for money, we reviewed our fees and found that other organisations, including medical colleges, offer a 10% discount to...

This week we released our key workforce report, which uses RCPCH census data to formulate essential workforce policy recommendations. The paediatric workforce must be prioritised in workforce planning to improve child health outcomes in the UK.

We have worked with NHS England on a programme to ensure children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both are able to access appropriate medication, and are not prescribed inappropriate psychotropic medication. Find out more and read our full pledge.

The RCPCH is pleased to announce the results of the recent Vice Presidential elections. Dr Simon Clark has been elected Vice President for Health Policy and Professor Nick Bishop has been elected Vice President for Science and Research. They will take up their posts on 6 March 2019. ​​​​​​​

Welsh Government continues to prioritise child health but ‘policies have to be delivered and enforced to reap the health benefits’ says Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in ‘State of Child Health Wales: Two years on’ report.

Two years on from the launch of ‘State of Child Health: Scotland,’ the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) reviews policy progress.

The RCPCH and IQVIA have jointly developed a new one-year placement programme for paediatric trainees. Applications for the 2019-20 placement are now open until 11 February.

A statement on the sponsorship of the first international RCPCH conference in the MENA region.