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SNOMED-CT - How-to guide for clinicians

SNOMED-CT allows clinicians to accurately record patient data at the point of care and share information across health systems. In England, SNOMED-CT is implemented across all care settings as of April 2020, and we are supporting specialty and special interest groups to develop specific SNOMED-CT co...

Digital health

Quality improvement

Service design

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RCPCH statement on the MMR vaccine

22 August 2018

Professor Helen Bedford stresses the importance of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in response to news that measles rates in Europe have hit a record high in this decade.

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Dr Shamez Ladhani appointed as Chair of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

20 August 2018

Shamez will take over from Dr Richard Reading in September. The BPSU office, study teams, and Scientific Committee extend their gratitude to Richard for his astute leadership over the past five years.

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RCPCH START - how it works (structure and specimen papers)

START means Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure, and it guides trainees as they prepare for completion of training and practice as a new consultant. The assessment is designed to assess generic skills. Here is how it works and what to expect on the day. Example scenarios are availab...

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

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The needs of children and families after brain injury – from understanding to action

14 August 2018

Dr Anne Gordon, Consultant Occupational Therapist in Paediatric Neuroscience at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Trustee of the Stroke Association, has written a guest blog about the needs of children and their families following brain injury, providing an insight into what we can do to be...

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RCPCH response to Court of Appeal ruling on Hadiza Bawa-Garba case

13 August 2018

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba's appeal against the decision to strike her name from the medical register.

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BPSU study - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Surveillance of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) commenced in October 2018. The study aims to determine the incidence of FAS in the UK and Ireland; investigate which services are accessed by babies and children affected by the condition; and raise awareness about FAS among clinical practitioners. Th...

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RCPCH President joins new working group to help shape NHS England's Long Term Plan

10 August 2018

NHS England have established a number of workstreams to take forward their recently announced Long Term Plan. RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, will sit on the Healthy Childhood and Maternal Health working group, which will bring together local and national system leaders, partners and stake...

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GDPR: What has changed?

9 August 2018

In the first of a new series of blogs advising RCPCH members how to be compliant with GDPR, our Information Governance Manager, Adele Picken, looks at some key changes implemented at the College, including a new member representative role on our Data Protection Committee.

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RCPCH responds to the Scottish Government's suicide prevention plan

9 August 2018

Scotland's Mental Health Minister, Clare Haughey, today announced the country's new suicide prevention plan. Dr Donald Macgregor of the RCPCH responds to this announcement.