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Collaboration or integration - from our St David's Day Conference

24 March 2025

This excellent event took place last month, curated by our trainee members. Through a series of presentations, we looked at how integrated care can help address complexity and bring efficiency, but also how to link in with others' expertise and perspective.

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An interview with Dr Maanasa Polubothu, winner of the Simon Newell Award 2024

11 March 2025

Each year, with support from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Charity we offer the Dr Simon Newell Early Independent Researcher Award for excellence in research. Awarding £2,000 to one independent researcher in paediatrics.

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Equal access to care: - the challenges of cost and proximity

10 March 2025

In this blog RCPCH Wales Officer, Dr Nick Wilkinson, access to medicines.

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Reflecting on the last six months of policy progress in child health services

5 March 2025

Last September we published our Blueprint for Child Health Services in England. In this blog we reflect on related national policy progress and share what’s next for our policy and public affairs teams on this advocacy priority.

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On Martha's Rule - patient safety spotlight

24 February 2025

By establishing patients' right to an independent review, this new rule now being tested in pilot sites across the country, can improve our ability as health professionals to recognise and respond to deterioration. We look at what this means for infants, children and young people.

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Conducting climate action

19 February 2025

After a busy start to the year, Helena Clements, RCPCH Officer for Climate Change, shares how she is building networks and fostering relationships to drive climate action for Children and Young People.

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A busy week in the child health world - President's update

3 February 2025

Steve covers lots of topics this week, including applications to ST1, mental health services and data from the new RSV vaccine. He also introduces our Air Pollution Companion and shares recent policy work from the devolved nations.

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An interview with the PADDINGToN team, who wins the RCPCH-NIHR PIER Prize 2024

30 January 2025

The RCPCH-NIHR PIER (Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research) Prize recognises significant contributions to excellent patient engagement for NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio studies.

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Two years on - Thrive Paediatrics and why wellbeing at RCPCH isn’t going away

28 January 2025

As Dr Jess Morgan comes to the end of her Dinwoodie RCPCH Fellowship, she reflects on her time at the College and how Thrive Paediatrics has helped support the wellbeing of paediatricians.

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Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

16 January 2025

This blog sets out the main themes of the Bill and highlights its most significant aspects for children, young people and RCPCH members. Children’s social care and schools are devolved policy issues, so most of the legislation will apply in England only.