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Children and young people with complex medical needs
These children require specific medical management. These standards are aimed at all healthcare professionals working in emergency care.
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Consultant delivered care - an evaluation of new ways of working in paediatrics (2012)
This report concludes that children would receive better care if they had 24/7 access to a consultant or equivalent senior doctor. This module is recommended in our Facing the Future service standards.
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COVID-19 - guidance for planning paediatric staffing and rotas
This guidance aims to support those who are planning paediatric and neonatal staffing, rotas and services, and responds to the three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic to date, including the Omicron variant. We are aware that different services and regions will have varying requirements and hence we are...
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How to write a children and young people's engagement plan - RCPCH &Us
This how to guide has been created to support your thinking around engagement and capturing the voice of children, young people and families to help shape health policy and practice.
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Invited reviews: the first four years - evaluation 2012-2016
The RCPCH Invited Reviews service has been running since mid-2012 and has completed over 70 reviews. This report outlines the learning and findings from the first 60 reviews. It gives clinicians, managers and commissioners some ideas for 'quick wins' to improve their service or where help may be u...
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Involving children and young people in health services - a report (2012)
Ensuring children and young people receive the highest standards of healthcare is central to the work of RCPCH. This guide provides information, advice and guidance on how to meaningfully involve children and young people in health services.
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Involving children and young people in specialised commissioning
This guidance offers advice and tips, much of which comes directly from children and young people that use the services, about how they would like to be involved in specialised commissioning procedures.
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Not just a phase: A guide to the participation of children and young people in health services
This guide provides information to ensure the safe, meaningful and ethical participation of children and young people within the delivery of quality child health services. It practically demonstrates how we can contribute towards creating a culture of participation.
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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...
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Physician Associates in Paediatrics
A multi-professional workforce is pivotal to achieving improved child health outcomes, and multidisciplinary teams are vital in bringing together professionals with diverse talent, knowledge and experience. Physician Associates, also known as PAs, are comparatively new in paediatrics and are not tha...