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Membership
President's blogProfessor Russell Viner updates on key events and activities to improve children and young people's health, and how we're supporting members. Russell is now writing weekly on the impact of COVID-19.
Your wellbeing during COVID-19It is more important than ever to take care of yourself. We've reached out to College members across the UK, who have recommended some useful wellbeing resources to support you through these difficult times. -
Education and careers
Online learningOur free eLearnings, webinars and podcasts help you as a health professional to achieve essential competences. -
Work we do
Clinical fellowship awardDr Asma Soltani is our first winner of this joint award by RCPCH and Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children, which aims to identify and nurture a new generation of child health researchers.
Measuring clinical aspects of COVID-19The NHS England service evaluation and audit aims to provide up-to-date information on children admitted to hospital with COVID-19, and we're publishing data. -
Resources
Paediatric diabetes careThe 2018-19 report for the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit covers the health checks (care processes) and outcomes for children and young people with diabetes.
Stay at home activitiesRCPCH &Us is supporting children, young people and families who are staying at home during this time - with a fun activity book and a health diary to capture feelings and questions. -
Key topics
COVID-19Find all our latest updates relating to COVID-19 in one place, including guidance for paediatric services, how the College is responding and other useful information. -
News and events
Reset, Restore, RecoverWe now have an opportunity to reset how we plan and deliver healthcare, think about how we harness innovation and learning and use this as a basis to train our workforce.
Training and COVID-19Our VP for Training and Assessment David Evans has written about trainee progression in the UK through 2020 - including disruption to rotations and working patterns, ARCPs and more.
You can find all our latest updates relating to COVID-19 in one place, including guidance for paediatric services, staffing and rotas, training and CPD, plus research and surveillance and updates on our plans to deliver Conference material online.
Key resources
Recently published resources
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COVID-19 &Us - views from RCPCH &Us
RCPCH &Us is working with young people to reflect on their experiences of COVID-19 and the lockdown. This will help inform future planning for times of national crisis such as a natural disaster, another pandemic, terrorist incident or other cause of nationwide disruption.
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COVID-19 - summaries of key findings on children and young people's views
Children and young people are experiencing the impact of COVID-19, and lockdown, in many ways: their education, access to health services and emotional health and wellbeing. Over the coming weeks, we'll be working with both health professionals and young people (14-24 years old) to look at the evide...
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COVID-19 - research studies on children and young people's views
Children and young people are experiencing the impact of COVID-19, and lockdown, in many ways - from their education to staying at home with family, from the way they access health and support services to their emotional health and wellbeing. We're compiling studies across the UK that are collecting...
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COVID-19 - resuscitation guide
This guidance describes general principles and action to be taken for paediatric resuscitation. FAQs linked to specific situations are also discussed. These questions and answers may also be relevant to other scenarios.
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Reset, Restore, Recover - RCPCH principles for recovery
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to reset how we plan and deliver healthcare for children and young people, to think about how we harness innovation and learning so that it can be shared and maintained and to use this as a basis to train and educate our paediatricians and...
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COVID-19 - talking to children and families about returning to school: guiding principles
Following the announcement on 10 May 2020 that schools and other educational settings may reopen at the earliest on 1 June, paediatricians may receive many queries from families to understand whether their child should return to school. We provide a summary of the current policy and other guidance i...
We partner with The BMJ on two leading, peer-reviewed scientific publications focused on child health in the UK and around the world: Archives of Disease in Childhood and BMJ Paediatrics Open.