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Our resources and documents include training and career guidance, research and audit reports, policy statements, service standards and online learning. You can use the search or filter to find what you're looking for.

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Thinking about retirement - resources

There are a number of considerations to help ensure a smooth transition from working in a demanding and rewarding professional environment to a different type of life post-retirement. Explore our practical advice.

Membership

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Thrive Paediatrics - Roadmap for transforming the working lives of paediatricians

The RCPCH Roadmap for transforming the working lives of paediatricians identifies that every healthcare worker, department, organisation, region is at a different place on this journey. It is not for the Thrive Paediatrics team to tell people what is and isn’t important for them. Instead, it is abou...

Workforce

Thrive Paediatrics

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Thrive Paediatrics: National report 2025

The RCPCH Thrive Paediatrics programme explores how to prioritise the wellbeing of the child health workforce while addressing underlying workplace challenges, with best practice examples, resources and community networks. Our national report, published in December 2025 and available to download bel...

Workforce

Thrive Paediatrics

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Thrive Paediatrics resource hub

Our Thrive Paediatrics programme aims to help members create positive change at work. Our resource hub offers evidence, examples of good practice and stories from paediatricians' lived experience to help you improve both your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues. The Thrive Paediatrics resou...

Thrive Paediatrics

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Tightening rules on advertising and promoting vaping products consultation response

In April 2022, we responded to a Scottish Government consultation on the advertising and promotion of vaping products in Scotland. Below is a short summary, with our full response available in the downloads section.

Health policy

Smoking and vaping

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Tobacco and Vapes Bill legislative consent in Wales - consultation response

In January 2025, we responded to the Senedd Health and Social Care Committee's call for comments as part of its scrutiny of Legislative Consent Memoranda relating to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Public health

Society

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Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan (Wales) consultation response

In March 2022 we responded to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan for Wales. This page provides a summary, and you can download our full response.

Respiratory medicine

Public health

Smoking and vaping

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Top tips for paediatricians and healthcare workers - RCPCH &Us

What makes the best doctor or healthcare worker? In 2016-17 over 400 children, young people and family members from across the UK commented on what qualities and behaviours they like to see in their healthcare professional.

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Engaging children and young people

Patient experience

Service design

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Trainee Research Network

The RCPCH 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.

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Trainee toolkit - by trainees, for trainees

Make the most of your paediatric training. This document for trainees (and their trainers) covers the essential elements on what to expect from a training post. We have also provided examples of good practice - aiming to reflect variation across the country - that showcase how different centres look...

Paediatric training