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Establishing a correct diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type (hEDS) in children and adolescents – position statement

As of July 2025, this content is under review and not available. If you have any questions, please contact the RCPCH Health Policy team on health.policy@rcpch.ac.uk.

Rheumatology

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Establishing a new public health body for Scotland - consultation response

In July 2019 RCPCH Scotland responded to The Scottish Government's consultation on a new National Public Health body, 'Public Health Scotland'.

Primary care

Health policy

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Public health

Service design

Models of care

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Evidence to include paediatrics on the Shortage Occupation List for the Migration Advisory Committee 2018 - consultation response

In June 2018, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to carry out a full review of the composition of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) to ascertain what national shortages there were within the UK. We responded successfully making the case for paediatrics to be on the S...

Workforce

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Evidence to inform ‘The Future of the NHS’ – consultation response

We submitted evidence in 2018 to The Lancet outlining the poor health of children in the UK, the impact imposed by inadequate investments in healthcare services and the pressures on the child health workforce.

Health policy

Service design

Workforce

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Examples of good practice - external second opinions in paediatrics

Explore these best practice examples to understand how the external second opinion process can work in varying clinical contexts and scenarios.

Health policy

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Expenses - how to claim expenses on the mobile app

To claim and track your expenses on College business - such as travel, accommodation and meals - you need to use our online system, Continia. There are two options - a web portal on any modern web browser, and a mobile app. These instructions explain how to use the mobile app.

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Expenses - how to claim expenses on the web portal

To claim and track your expenses on College business - such as travel, accommodation and meals - you need to use our online system, which is called Continia. There are two options - a web portal on any modern web browser, and a mobile app. These instructions explain how to use the web portal.

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Expenses - how to register for your expenses account

To claim expenses incurred on College business - such as travel, accommodation and meals - you can use our online system. The first step is to register for your expenses account. You need to log in to your RCPCH online account on this website and add your bank details. You'll get an email to acce...

Governance and regulation

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Expert witness work - Seeking and providing external second opinions in paediatrics

We explain the importance of expert witness work, how it differs from providing external second opinions and the challenges facing both areas of work.

Health policy

Expert witness

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Exploitation of children and young people - online learning

Children and young people are at risk of exploitation in a growing number of ways. To help keep them safe, health and social care professionals need to understand how this can happen, the different types of exploitation children may be exposed to, the signs to look out for and what can be done to mi...

Safeguarding

Child protection

Sexual abuse