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Seeing shocking deprivation will stay with me forever: how I started working in child protection

4 April 2018

Gayle Hann, consultant paediatrician and named doctor for child protection, explains her journey to working in safeguarding.

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Risks of valproate medicines in female patients

3 April 2018

We offer additional resources to support girls and young women to understand the risks of taking sodium valproate during pregnancy.

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Why children die - research and recommendations (2014)

Infant, child and adolescent death rates in the UK have declined and continue to fall. However, the UK has one of the worst child mortality rates in Western Europe with nearly 2,000 excess deaths a year compared to the best performing country Sweden. This report highlights the most recently availabl...

Child and adolescent mortality

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Introducing paediatrics - information for medical students

Welcome to our page for medical students, containing all the tools, tricks and tips you need to explore the world of paediatrics in your early years of medical training.

Paediatric careers

Choose paediatrics

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Applying for paediatric specialty training at ST1 - guidance

Most doctors enter paediatric training at Specialty Training 1, or ST1, starting their posts in August or September each year. This is known as 'National Round 1'. The timeline is published below for 2026-27 recruitment (for posts starting in August/September 2026); applications will open on 23 O...

Paediatric careers

Paediatric training

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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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BPSU 'Orange Card' reporting scheme - applying to run a study

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) welcomes applications from clinicians and researchers who wish to carry out national surveillance on rare childhood diseases.

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BPSU Rare disease tea party - reports from past events

Since 2014, we've invited stakeholders from across the rare disease community to this informal networking event. Young people speak about their experiences of living with a rare disease, and patient advocates, researchers and health professionals talk about working in the field. Read on for highligh...

BPSU

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Rare disease

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Patient experience

Patient involvement

Research

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Specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors - how we work with you

Find out how the College works with and supports Specialist, Associate Specialist and Specialty (SAS) doctors and Locally Employed Doctors (LED) in training, continuing professional development, research and health policy.

Paediatric careers

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CPD approval of live educational activities - application process

As part of our accreditation programme, RCPCH CPD approval is a recognised mark of quality for your live educational event.

Continuing professional development