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RCPCH Progress - what the domains mean to children and young people

Our booklet brings together voices, views, ideas and experiences from children, young people and their families on our paediatric training curriculum. As a trainee, you can use this to help inform and shape your service, practice and reflections.

Participation

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RCPCH Progress domain resources: Communication

Effective communication is a vital skill for any paediatrician, be that with colleagues, children and young people, parents and carers or other care professionals. This is one of a series of resources - developed with and by trainees, supervisors and children and young people - to support trainees i...

Knowledge and skills

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RCPCH Progress domain resources: Patient management

Patient management is important for paediatricians be that with children and young people, parents and carers, other care professionals or colleagues.

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RCPCH Progress domain resources: Safeguarding

The safety of all children is paramount and the divine factor of all areas in paediatrics. This domain requires the trainee to consider safeguarding as an essential element of all aspects of paediatric healthcare practice be that with children and young people, parents and carers, other care profess...

Facing the Future - emergency care

Safeguarding

Child protection

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Review of Urgent and Emergency Care Services in Northern Ireland- consultation response

RCPCH welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department of Health’s Review of Urgent and Emergency Care Services in Northern Ireland consultation in June 2022. This sets out the proposed strategic priorities in response to the Urgent and Emergency Care Review Report, which initially launched in ...

Models of care

Service planning

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Standards for short-stay paediatric assessment units (SSPAUs)

SSPAUs are hospital-based facilities where infants, children and young people with acute illness, injury or other urgent referrals from clinicians can be assessed, investigated, observed and treated with an expectation of discharge in less than 24 hours. Standards are vital to guide the development ...

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Stroke in childhood - clinical guideline for diagnosis, management and rehabilitation

This NICE accredited evidence-based clinical guideline provides recommendations for all UK paediatricians and healthcare professionals involved in the regulation or practice of the care of children and young people who have had or are suspected of having a stroke. You can download the full guideline...

Clinical guidelines and standards

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Supporting LGBTQ+ children and young people - principle statement

The purpose of this principle statement is to: 1. Clarify our position on the rights of LGBTQ+ people to eliminate discrimination and stigma 2. Understand the needs of LGBTQ+ children and young people 3. Support health professionals in their role of providing support to LGBTQ+ children and young ...

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Suspected side effect from a medicine - how to report

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) “Yellow Card Scheme” is the UK system for collecting and monitoring information on suspected safety concerns or incidents involving side effects from medicines (also known as adverse drug reactions or ADRs) and medical devices.

Drugs and medicines