Service standards
Resource
UK standards for paediatric endocrinology (BSPED)
These standards apply to all children and young people aged 0-18 years with an endocrine condition (including growth, hormonal, bone and mineral disorders). They are intended for healthcare professionals and for service commissioners to plan, deliver and quality assure paediatric endocrine services.
Resource
High dependency care for children - time to move on (2014)
This outlines 69 recommendations to improve the management of high dependency care. It places the child and their complete critical care pathway at the focus of service delivery. The document is intended for staff, management and commissioners seeking to deliver safe and high quality care for critic...
Resource
Service specification for the clinical evaluation of children and young people who may have been sexually abused
This outlines the standards for the provision of a paediatric forensic medical service for children and young people who may have been sexually abused. These standards are produced by a working group of the RCPCH Child Protection Standing Committee in partnership with the Faculty of Forensic and Leg...
Resource
Facing the Future - Standards for acute general paediatric services
It is essential that paediatrics is a 24 hours a day, seven days a week specialty, with the most experienced doctors present at the busiest times. Our report sets out ten standards for high quality, safe and sustainable acute general paediatric services.
Resource
Children and young people in secure settings
Around 10,000 children and young people a year in the UK come into contact with secure settings. They are some of the most vulnerable, often suffering poor physical and mental health. These standards help healthcare professionals, commissioners, service providers, regulators, managers and governors ...
Resource
Quality standards for specialist paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition
These standards aim to reduce variation in care, ensuring equitable services, and to improve the health outcomes and quality of life for all infants, children and young people with gastroenterology, liver or intestinal disorders in the UK.
Resource
Facing the Future - standards for children and young people in emergency care settings
A new audit toolkit is available now to support services to monitor how they are meeting these standards. The audit data will provide the RCPCH with a better understanding of how emergency care is provided to children across the UK and enable teams in emergency departments to plan improvements. The ...
Resource
Facing the Future - together for child health
These standards apply across the unscheduled care pathway to improve healthcare and outcomes for children. They focus on the acutely mild to moderately unwell child.
Resource
Facing the Future - standards for ongoing health needs
A vision of how paediatric care can be delivered to provide a high-quality service that meets the needs of infants, children and young people with ongoing health needs.
Resource
Standards for short-stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAUs)
SSPAUs are hospital-based facilities where infants, children and young people with acute illness, injury or other urgent referrals from clinicians can be assessed, investigated, observed and treated with an expectation of discharge in less than 24 hours. Standards are vital to guide the development ...