This public inquiry is crucial identify and recommend changes to improve preparedness and management of future crises, including the impacts on child health services and children and young people.
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Membership
Plan your participation in AGM 2026The next Annual General Meeting will now be an online-only event on Tuesday 2 June, a few weeks after RCPCH Conference, and we'll invite all members to join us.
Volunteer with usVolunteering is vital to our work, with over 3,000 members contributing each year. Can you help us shape paediatrics, support future generations and influence healthcare while you gain leadership, networks and invaluable professional growth? -
Education and careers
Catch up on the assessment reviewWe are reviewing the programme of assessment for doctors in postgraduate paediatric training, to ensure that the assessments taken in the workplace and our examinations are fair, fit for purpose and sustainable. -
Work we do
Your Paediatrics, Your FutureThirty years of paediatrics with RCPCH. Millions of moments that mattered. We invite you to share your story: what do you enjoy most about your work and what keeps you going even in those challenging days? -
Resources
Read our IHA delivery standardsAn Initial Health Assessment is a statutory appointment for every child or young person entering care in the UK. Guided by eight child-led outcomes, our standards aim to improve their health and wellbeing. -
Key topics
Explore sustainable paediatric careOur new 'Greener paediatrics' pages give you tips, useful resources and guidance for integrating environmentally responsible practices into your everyday clinical work. -
News and events
Get your ticket for RCPCH ConferenceWe're excited to return to Birmingham for this year's conference from 11 to 13 May, on the theme, '30 years of RCPCH: Reflect, celebrate and inspire'. Can you join us?
Download our 'Think measles' posterMeasles cases are rising again in parts of the UK. Our poster reminds us to be alert to measles symptoms in children and young people and to talk to families about vaccination.
Our recommendations (updated autumn 2025) on the management of children with viral respiratory tract infections in hospital settings aim to support clinicians in partnership with local infection prevention control teams.
Young people experienced the pandemic in so many ways. In 2020 and 2021, young people aged 16-25 formed the COVID-19 Book Club to review the evidence and give their insights.
You can find all our resources relating to the pandemic and its impact on members, children and young people, in our listing, including position statements, consultation responses and support for training and examinations.
Our guidance, position statements and case studies aim to support members in different paediatric settings over the winter period. This includes recommendations on the management of children with viral respiratory tract infections such as RSV.