Workforce reports

This study about general paediatric services and workforce was conducted in September 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results reveal a stretched general paediatric service, with a great deal of variation in services across the UK. This report serves as a useful benchmark and as a prompt to...

The current study was conducted on a weekday and weekend day in September 2019, and surveyed 191 neonatal services. Results from this snapshot were reported back to neonatal services in January 2020 through individual benchmarking reports produced by the GIRFT team. This report summarises the findin...

This report, published on 26 June 2020, is the first in a series from the Paediatrics 2040 project that will inform RCPCH’s vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK. We summarise our learning from this period of rapid change, focusing in particular on the elements of new practice that we want ...

This report shows findings from child health services across the UK about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April to July 2020.

This report, published in January 2020, focuses on lead roles concerning safeguarding, the child death service, looked after children (LAC) and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

This report, published in December 2019, focuses on the Northern Ireland findings form the workforce census 2017, and makes five key Northern Ireland-specific recommendations.

Our survey of paediatric consultants in the UK highlights the damaging impact of pension related tax bills on clinicians, and the knock-on effect on services for children and young people. Our document describes the findings from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

We use expert-agreed standards to determine how many consultant paediatricians the UK needs to deliver safe and quality care. We estimate that we need an additional 856 whole time equivalent consultants.

The Workforce team conducts a survey of new CCT (Certification of Completion of Training) and CESR (Certificate of Eligiblity for Specialist Registration) holders in paediatrics, approximately one year from their certification date. Below, read our key findings from the 2017 cohort study, and downlo...

Our spotlight audits are aimed at providing context to the findings of the NPDA national reports. They provide insight into everyday practice and explore how this may be related to outcome. The spotlight audits do not, for the most part, measure practice against any particular set of standards but s...