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RCPCH Conference 2026 - registration now open

11 May 2026

Birmingham

Next year's three-day conference will feature fantastic keynote speakers, presentations, posters and workshops on a wide range of child health topics. Our theme is 'Celebrating RCPCH at 30: Reflecting on the Past, Inspiring the Future'.

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Global Links programme - volunteering opportunities

The success of our work relies heavily on fostering partnerships between clinicians in high, middle and low income countries. We recruit and prepare doctors, nurses and midwives who help us in all aspects of programme delivery, usually through longer-term placements overseas in the Global Links prog...

Global child health

Volunteering

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Northern Ireland 2024

Our report, published April 2024, provides an analysis of paediatric outpatient waiting lists in Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2023. There is a large and growing number of children on paediatric outpatient waiting lists in NI. RCPCH highlights this worrying trajectory and makes policy recommendation...

Children and young people's voice

Service design

Winter planning

Workforce

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Health impact assessment regulations - Wales consultation response

In March 2024 we responded to the Welsh Government’s consultation on its proposals to introduce statutory Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) for public bodies.

Service design

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Proposed Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill - response

In March 2024 we responded to the proposal for a Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill, put forward by James Evans MS. The purpose of the bill is to replace outdated mental health legislation; improve the delivery of mental health plans for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and adul...

Area of medicine

Mental health

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Scotland 2024

This report, published March 2024, provides an analysis of paediatric waiting times data in Scotland from October 2012 to September 2023. The report contains data on waits for paediatric outpatients, inpatients and day cases and outlines our recommendations on how to support the child health workfor...

Children and young people's voice

Service design

Service planning

Workforce

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Wales 2024

This bilingual report, published February 2024, provides an analysis of ‘paediatric pathway’ waiting times data in Wales from 2016-2023, with a spotlight on the last year. The report contains recommendations for the Welsh Government, Health Boards and Health Education and Improvement Wales, which if...

Children and young people's voice

Public affairs and campaigning

Service design

Service planning

Workforce

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Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - RCPCH Wales responds

In January 2024 we responded to the Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee's inquiry into the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill. Our response was prepared in collaboration with the Welsh Institute for Physical Activity, Health and Sport (WIPAHS). WIPAHS is a pan-Wales, multi-...

Wellbeing for children and young people

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NNAP webinar recording January 2024: Ensuring data completeness

The National Neonatal Audit Programme team hosted this short webinar to support those entering and quality assuring their NNAP data. It was an opportunity to learn more about why we ask units to validate their data for certain metrics and how this can be done. There is also a Q&A session towards the...

Quality improvement

Event

Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Training Day (Virtual) - March 2026

18 March 2026

This event is for RCPCH members representing the College on an AAC. The AAC College Assessor acts on behalf of the College on an interview panel for consultant posts in the NHS. We'll start with an overview of the process, and then break out into workshop sessions to explore the tricky situations...

Paediatric careers

Workforce