Report

According to our UK-wide survey of College members, paediatric services in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are facing rota gaps of over 20%, with Wales services at 11.3%. Tier 2 rotas were generally more impacted than Tier 1, and combined general/neonatal services had the highest gaps. Less t...

RCPCH is today (28 November 2024) publishing the results of our member survey on the role of Physician Associates (PAs) in paediatrics. This follows an interim statement made on 31 October 2024 which called for a pause in recruitment of PAs in paediatrics, a step which was agreed with the RCPCH Exec...

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) aims to help neonatal units improve care for babies and their families by identifying areas for quality improvement in relation to the delivery and outcomes of care. NNAP Online: Report Data is a reporting tool which provides access to audit results f...

We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. In our third data 'deep dive' we review bed occupancy rates in England.

The RCPCH EQIP ran from 2019 to 2024. Paediatric epilepsy teams in England and Wales learned about, implemented and shared quality improvement (QI) projects. Our impact report explains how a whole team approach, co-production with children and young people and improved skills drive improvements i...

We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. In our second 'deep dive' into the data, we review sickness and absence in England from 2018-2023.

In England and Northern Ireland, children are the only group of people not fully protected in law from physical assault. Our recommendations demonstrate to Government policymakers both the practicalities of removing the 'reasonable punishment defence’ from law and the appropriate next steps to reduc...