After a day out with the RCPCH Clean Air team in rural Nottinghamshire, Dr Helena Clements, our Officer for Climate Change, explains how we should advocate for cleaner air and drive policy change.
We offer a range of courses, including our popular 'How to manage' series on clinical topics, plus safeguarding, effective educational supervision and exam preparation. Many are hosted online.
Far too often and for far too long, the needs of children and young people are overlooked. Our blueprint sets out how to transform child health services in England.
We outline the role for paediatricians in prevention, early recognition and holistic care for childhood mental health problems, and we call for greater investment.
As RCPCH President, Steve shares regular updates with members by email and on this website - such as his regular feature on #WDYCD4Y: What Does Your College Do For You.
Less predictable weather has led to food shortages and skyrocketing prices, with broader consequences for children's health. Eva Odongpiny, a local pharmacy team leader, talks with us on our podcast.
We've started preparing for next year's big event, which takes place from 26 to 28 March in Glasgow and online. Get ready to book your place - early bird registration opens later this month!
Paediatricians and their colleagues regularly use clinical guidelines to manage the treatment of children's medical conditions. We produce guidelines in line with our NICE accreditation. We provide a directory and we support specialty groups to develop guidelines.
Developing a clinical guideline
Our new 'hub' aims to help specialty groups develop a guideline for RCPCH endorsement: how to recruit the guideline development group, consult with stakeholders, agree the scope, run the search, formulate the recommendations (including where evidence may be weak) and disseminate the final guideline.
We provide a full list of paediatric clinical guidelines - organised by clinical topic - which meet the standards for RCPCH endorsement, and which are published by NICE, SIGN, Royal Colleges or paediatric specialty groups.
It is essential that paediatricians and other child health professionals contribute to the development of guidelines. We share ways to get involved, including consultations on draft scopes and guidelines via RCPCH or your specialty group.
Our process manual sets standards for the development of clinical guidelines, including grading evidence, consensus methods, dissemination and implementation. Updated in April 2020 and accredited by NICE since 2006.