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If you're a paediatric trainee interested in pursuing an academic career pathway, explore this resource - from funding application checklists to tips on writing your PhD application and case studies from those already in research.

This page provides a best practice example for standard 6 of Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services, which outlines how consultant opinion is provided within Basildon Hospital's 24-hour paediatric assessment unit (PAU). PAUs can help to reduce the number of inpatient admi...

This page provides a best practice example for standard 10 of Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services. The RCPCH Child Protection Standing Committee have developed this model for teams to have access to immediate advice and assessment from a paediatrician with child protec...

The ‘Facing the Future’ and ‘Shape of Training’ reports highlight how the way paediatricians work is changing. In the past, paediatricians were expected to do virtually the same job throughout their careers. Paediatricians are now expected to work differently as their careers progress. Many will cha...

Each of us faces questions, dilemmas, even big problems in relation to our career... Our service provides personal career guidance through a network of advisors. It's free of charge to RCPCH members and fellows at different career levels - including trainees, SAS doctors and consultant paediatrician...

Child Protection Evidence is a resource available for clinicians across the UK and internationally to inform clinical practice, child protection procedures and professional and expert opinion on the legal system. This systematic review evaluates the literature on abusive and non-abusive visceral inj...

We asked children and young people from Enniskillen, St Albans and Brighton what makes the best paediatrician. Is this you?

In 2019 we responded to NHS England’s consultation on cancer services for children, teenagers and young adults. While we welcomed the direction of travel we identified a number of areas for improvement.

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.

This page provides a best practice example for standard 1 of Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services, which outlines the consultant 'hot week' system at Barnsley Hospital, which ensures that there is consultant presence in the hospital during self-defined periods of 'peak ...