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Paediatric Primary Care Hubs - Northern Ireland

This page provides a best practice example for standard 3 of Facing the Future: Together for child health. Using the Connecting Care for Children (CC4C) model from North West London, Dr Jonathan Henderson, Consultant Paediatrician from Craigavon Area Hospital, has established a collaborative integra...

Primary care

Health policy

Service design

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Integrated care

Models of care

Service planning

Document

Paediatric sub-specialty training - application guidance

In the UK Paediatric Training Programme it's possible to choose to sub-specialise during specialty training (ST5-ST7). Applications are made through a competitive recruitment process at ST4 or higher, subject to having completed core training (ST1-ST4) and enough time left to complete the required c...

Allergies

Community child health

Intensive care medicine

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

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Physical signs of child sexual abuse - educational resources

Our webinar series talks the viewer through the chapters of the 2015 publication.

Looked after children

Physical abuse

Sexual abuse

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Professional ethics and law resources

Paediatricians and other clinicians often have to take very difficult decisions while acting in strict accordance with the law and with sensitivity towards the customs and beliefs practiced by their patients and their patients' families. These resources are intended to support the training and crit...

Ethics

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Protection of time for paediatricians to take part in Research Ethics Committees

Clinical research involving children is essential if we are to increase our understanding of childhood conditions and improve healthcare for children. Yet our 2015 survey of the paediatric workforce demonstrated that very few paediatricians have time allocated for research-related activities related...

Ethics

Research

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Rapid access service - Hillingdon Hospital

This page provides a best practice example for standard 2 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which outlines the hot clinic provided in Hillingdon Hospital. The hot clinic prevents children from attending A&E unnecessarily by providing rapid access to a consultant for any chil...

Primary care

Secondary care

Service design

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Integrated care

Models of care

Service planning

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RCPCH ePortfolio guidance for doctors

Doctors in paediatric training (trainees) and doctors in paediatrics can use RCPCH ePortfolio to record learning in all its forms and settings to monitor progress against the curriculum. It is is mandatory for all in UK training posts and strongly recommended for anyone aiming to demonstrate the sta...

Paediatric careers

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RCPCH Trainee Research Network

The Trainee Research Network (TRN) facilitates collaborative working and support across existing trainee research networks, both regionally and nationally. It aims to increase the opportunities for trainees to carry out child health research and provide peer support and guidance.

Paediatric careers

Paediatric training

Research

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Recommended undergraduate paediatric curriculum

Doctors at all levels come across children and families in their work, and it's essential that newly qualified doctors can effectively interact with, assess and care for babies, children and young people. This curriculum provides Medical Schools with a framework and recommended learning outcomes to ...

Knowledge and skills

Paediatric careers

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Restraint and restrictive intervention – consultation response

In 2018 we responded to the Department of Health & Social Care’s consultation on their draft guidance for reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and mental health needs. We welcome the aim to eliminate the inappr...

Mental health

Autism

Learning disability or learning difficulty

Health policy

Safeguarding

Child protection