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College announcements - especially for our members, exam candidates and those who support paediatric training

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Medicines safety alert - domperidone

16 December 2019

Domperidone is no longer licensed for use in children younger than 12 years or those weighing less than 35 kg because of a lack of evidence for benefit.

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We reveal the winning entry for our first member photo competition...

13 December 2019

Congratulations to Dr Ai May Lee for her witty photo in our #paediatricslife competition! Followers of our Instagram account selected our finalists, and our panel of judges carefully reviewed a fantastic set of images.

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About RCPCH - from a young person’s perspective

13 December 2019

Afsana, age 17, a College intern over summer 2019, interviewed our senior managers to get a handle on what the College does. Here's what she found out.

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We award a programme providing neurodevelopmental services to infants in Ghana

10 December 2019

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.

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Presenting our #PaediatricsLife photo competition finalists!

2 December 2019

We recently asked members to send a photo - and caption - that tells a story of their daily life in paediatrics and child health. And, what a creative set of images we got! We posted them on our new Instagram channel, and asked you to vote for your favourite(s) by 'liking' the post. The most popu...

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Progress curriculum - one year on: how we're responding to your feedback

19 November 2019

A year after we launched our new training curriculum, in August 2018, we asked trainees and supervisors about their experiences of it. The responses were largely positive, but identified some key improvements that we're now working on - such as updates to ePortfolio, providing more support around do...

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Milestones magazine for members - winter 2019

13 November 2019

Milestones brings you all the latest College news, along with in depth features and regular items on life in paediatrics in the UK and around the world. This edition's features include dealing with winter pressures, providing a welcome for LGBT+ patients, helping more people to #ChoosePaediatrics an...

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RCPCH responds to publication of Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales

17 October 2019

Today the Welsh Government published its long term strategy to prevent and reduce obesity. Our Officer for Wales responds.

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Getting It Right First Time for the child health workforce

22 August 2019

The RCPCH is joining forces with Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), to get a snapshot of the neonatal and general acute workforce on two given days in September.

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BPSU surveillance of HIV infection and vertical HIV exposure now concluded

6 August 2019

Surveillance will continue through the National Surveillance of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood (NSHPC) team at University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.