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Supporting volunteering and having your say - President's blog

1 June 2022

Ahead of the Jubilee Weekend and the start of Volunteers' Week, Camilla reflects on the significant contribution that individuals make to paediatrics and child health through volunteering. With the cost of living, Ukraine, hepatitis and Monkeypox also making the headlines, she shares some updates an...

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Dr James Appleyard obituary

8 March 2022

Dr Barbara Armstrong and Dr Timothy Chambers pay tribute to their friend and colleague Dr James Appleyard, consultant paediatrician and child health campaigner in Kent, who sadly passed away this January. Dr Appleyard was Treasurer of both the BMA and BPA, as well as President of the World Medical A...

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Winter pressures in EDs in 2020-21

Winter pressures in emergency departments are familiar. The prospect of delivering emergency care through a winter season during the COVID-19 pandemic presents an extra challenge. We outline a range of good practice ideas that may help and support members tackling these issues this winter.

Emergency medicine

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

Models of care

Winter planning

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Supporting LGBTQ+ children and young people - principle statement

The purpose of this principle statement is to: 1. Outline 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 ...

Children and young people's voice

Patient experience

Service design

Society

Equality, diversity and inclusion

LGBTQ+

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COVID-19 Book Club - children and young people's views

Children and young people have been experiencing the impact of COVID-19, in many ways, from education, to their health, discussions and decisions about the vaccine and in living in a virtual world. We worked with young people (16-25 years old) throughout 2020 and 2021 to make sure their voices were ...

COVID-19

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Research

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RCPCH ePortfolio guidance for supporting training

RCPCH ePortfolio is the online learning tool for you and your trainees to review activities and monitor progress throughout the Progress+ curriculum. It is easy to use and stores everything trainees do in their timeline. RCPCH ePortfolio is on the risr/advance platform (formerly Kaizen).

Paediatric training

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Celebrating members, thanking leaders and shaping our future - President's update

17 November 2025

Last week’s membership ceremony in Edinburgh gave us a moment to celebrate our newest Members and Fellows, and to bid a fond farewell to our CEO, Rob Okunnu, as he moves on after nearly 7 years at the College.

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An interview with the PADDINGToN team, who wins the RCPCH-NIHR PIER Prize 2024

30 January 2025

The RCPCH-NIHR PIER (Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research) Prize recognises significant contributions to excellent patient engagement for NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio studies.

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RCPCH response to enabling safe quality midwifery services and care in Northern Ireland report

23 October 2024

On 23 May 2023, the Department of Health in NI commissioned Professor Mary Renfrew to take forward a crucial new report looking at Midwifery Services. The report entitled; ‘Enabling Safe, Quality Midwifery Services and Care in Northern Ireland’ aims to develop recommendations for policy, practice, e...

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LOLIPOP! - Latest Online Links for Improved Practice Of Paediatrics

25 August 2021

Dr Richard Daniels tells us about his project LOLIPOP which grew from the tumult of the pandemic to improve communication between staff and boost morale.