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Membership
RCPCH electionsVoting is now open for the new Chair of our Trainees' Committee. All UK paediatricians on a CCT programme and registered with RCPCH will receive their ballot by post and email.
Nominations for College postsThis round includes Officer for Clinical Standards & Quality Improvement, Regional Leads and roles across our committees. We're also recruiting for two Vice President posts. -
Education and careers
Redeployment during COVID-19We recognise that redeployment of trainee paediatricians to adult services may be necessary through the pandemic's surges - we've produced principles to minimise disruption to your training. -
Work we do
Measuring impact on child health servicesWe are collecting data from UK clinical leads over the COVID-19 pandemic, and regularly reporting to support service planning. -
Resources
Paediatrician of the futureHealthcare is changing and the paediatric training programme needs to adapt - our document sets out 11 training principles
Winter planningServices for children and young people face challenges, particularly each winter - and perhaps none more so than this year. -
Key topics
COVID-19We continue to look at the risks and impacts of COVID-19 on our members, the wider child health workforce and children and young people. Explore our guidance and resources. -
News and events
Learning together to improve child healthJoin us at the first online RCPCH Conference Singapore to share the latest innovations and best practice from Asia, Europe and beyond - featuring insightful keynotes and interactive workshops with expert speakers.
Contributing to paediatricians' developmentAs Regional Lead for Mersey, Dr Rosaline Garr relishes the opportunity to be involved in the development of fellow doctors, from helping to forecast the future of paediatrics, acting as examiner or being a course facilitator...
Key resources
Recently published resources
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Paediatric training and redeployment during COVID-19 surges
The RCPCH recognises that redeployment of trainee paediatricians to adult services may be necessary through the surges of this pandemic. This guidance describes the principles that should minimise disruption that inevitably occurs to paediatric training during a redeployment.
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Principles for conducting virtual consultations with children and young people
The principles described in this guidance aim to support clinicians who are consulting virtually with patients to provide care in a way that is in the best interests of children and young people, whilst protecting both from the risks associated with virtual consultations.
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International Paediatric Sponsorship Scheme (IPSS) - guidance for Trusts
The IPSS can provide sponsorship for eligible doctors to obtain full registration with the GMC. Doctors entering the UK via this route should be from countries that fall outside the priority nations list for the MTI(p) scheme and posts should contain a sufficient training/educational component. This...
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International Paediatric Sponsorship Scheme (IPSS) - guidance for applicants
The IPSS facilitates GMC registration for eligible medical graduates from outside the UK, who also fall outside the priority nations list for the MTI(p) scheme. Applicants will need to be entering UK posts with a sufficient training/educational component and have organised a route the right to live ...
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Physician Associates in Paediatrics - reflections from our online event
Physician Associates (PA) are an integral part of the multidisciplinary workforce bringing new talent to health services. Given the importance of this area and the future of the paediatric workforce and child health outcomes, we launched an online event in October 2020 with the aim of providing a pl...
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NPDA art competition
Help the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) design the cover of one of our next reports, and be in with a chance to win a £50 Amazon.co.uk eGift voucher! This competition is open to all children and young people with diabetes, receiving care from a paediatric diabetes unit - and our deadline ...
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.
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.