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Optimising electronic prescribing and medicine administration (EPMA) systems – patient safety spotlight

30 April 2026

Safe and effective dose management in EPMA systems varies significantly across the UK, posing a significant risk of harm to infants, children and young people. This blog summarises an RCPCH/NPPG Joint Medicines Committee position statement that outlines the key factors leading to variation in these ...

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Safe and effective dose management in electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems

This position statement is made on behalf of the Joint RCPCH and NPPG Medicines Committee. The Medicines Committee is a collaborative standing committee with joint membership between Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG).

Drugs and medicines

Data

Digital health

Governance and regulation

Quality improvement

Patient safety

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - past annual reports and data

Our annual, national reports highlight the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. On this page you can download our latest and previous reports.

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Quality improvement

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Reflections on the RCPCH Genomics Programme

6 December 2023

Officer for Genomics Dr Ngozi Edi-Osagie and Dr Lara Menzies look back on an active first year of the RCPCH Genomics programme.

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Implementing Progress+: Integrated care posts in Yorkshire and Humber

17 February 2023

Dr Karin Schwarz tells us about the work she and her colleagues have been doing locally in Yorkshire and Humber to adapt and develop posts in preparation for Progress+.

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Progress+ - how will this impact my application to sub-specialty training?

In this 18-minute video, published in September 2022. Dr Blanche Lumb, Trainee Rep for Recruitment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training & Assessment and Dr Kay Tyerman, Officer for Workforce, answer questions about transitioning to the new programme from summer 2023, with a focus on sub-specialty (...

Paediatric training

Progress+

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Asthma &Me Ambassadors

This is a group of asthma experienced or interested children, young people and families who volunteer together to improve care for asthma patients and their families. Here they introduce their award-winning project and what they've been doing this year!

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

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Progress+ implementation plan - what clinical directors need to know

Progress+ is our updated, two-level training programme, live as of summer 2023. This implementation plan for clinical directors and leads summarises the key issues and opportunities for the delivery and organisation of training, including rota availability. It's available as a document and as presen...

Service design

Service planning

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Induction to newborn resuscitation: standards of practice

Each Neonatal Department providing a service in attending deliveries of newborns should have an induction programme for new staff that includes basic newborn resuscitation principles and skills.

Neonatal medicine

Service design

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Progress+ - getting neonates and community experience

20 July 2022

We are aware that there is some anxiety around RCPCH Progress+, which goes live in summer 2023, and the rethink of how trainee paediatricians will gain their neonatal and communities experience. We recognise that these are valid concerns and that this change is coming at an ever increasingly challen...