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BPSU - 30th anniversary report (2016)

For over 30 years the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit has been facilitating research into childhood rare diseases and disorders. To mark this milestone and to celebrate the Unit's ongoing impact we published our 30 year anniversary report.

BPSU

Rare disease

Research

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Child health in England in 2030: comparisons with other wealthy countries

The health of today’s children and young people (CYP) will be one of the key factors in determining whether England is healthy and prosperous over the next 50 years. In our reports, published October 2018, we used long term historical data on key CYP health outcomes and various projection modelling ...

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Epilepsy12 National Organisational Audit Report 2018

This is the first formal output of Round 3 of the Epilepsy12 audit. It describes the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services for children and young people in England and Wales, as at April 2018. It shows improvements in some areas, including numbers of epilepsy nurse specialists and paediatrici...

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Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland: Prohibiting physical punishment of all children

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...

Safeguarding

Child protection

Physical abuse

Public affairs and campaigning

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Facing the Future audit 2017 - on standards in acute paediatrics and care outside hospital

We commit to auditing our standards so we can build a comprehensive picture of paediatric provision across the four nations. You can download our report below.

Service design

Facing the Future - acute general paediatric services

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Measurement and performance

Service planning

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Paediatrics 2040

We give a vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK. We look at the data and evidence, and explore the impact of innovation, models of care and the working lives of paediatricians.

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RCPCH and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) - Member and volunteer data

In our first 'Working for change'' report in 2021 we committed to annually reporting on EDI data held for our members and staff, along with aggregated disclosure rates relating to protected characteristics. We have collated this data on this page, including records held up to January 2023. We'll upd...

Data

Volunteering

Membership

Equality, diversity and inclusion

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RCPCH Member survey 2020 - findings

This autumn we invited all members to complete our survey to find out your thoughts on our benefits and advocacy work, your working lives and wellbeing, as well as how we're doing on equality, diversity and inclusion. Find our key findings below, and scroll down to download the full report.

Membership

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Wellbeing for health professionals

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RCPCH Member survey 2021 - findings

In autumn 2021 we invited all members to complete our survey to get your views on how the College should tackle key issues such as workforce shortages, climate change and paediatric recruitment. Find our key findings here, and scroll down to download the full report.

Membership

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Reimagining the future of paediatric care post-COVID-19 - a reflective report of rapid learning

This report, published on 26 June 2020, is the first in a series from the Paediatrics 2040 project that will inform RCPCH’s vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK. We summarise our learning from this period of rapid change, focusing in particular on the elements of new practice that we want ...