Area of medicine

News

RCPCH responds to the Chief Medical Officers’ 2022 report on air pollution

8 December 2022

On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.

Course

How to Manage: Refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people - online course

07 June 2023

This course aims to increase awareness, knowledge, skills and confidence to assess and manage the health needs of accompanied and unaccompanied refugee and asylum-seeking children (AURASC) across medical settings.

Wellbeing for children and young people

Course

Paediatric Infection (Online)

17 April 2023

This short course synthesises core scientific knowledge with practical clinical scenarios to encourage a deeper understanding of infectious diseases in neonates and children, and to help you to develop your own framework to address any clinical infection problem.

Intensive care medicine

News

NNAP publishes latest report on neonatal care across England and Wales

9 November 2022

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) has published its latest report on the delivery of care by neonatal services in England and Wales between January and December 2021.

Course

Dermatology for Paediatricians 22nd Annual Course

12 June 2023

This course will help delegates to develop an approach to the management of common paediatric skin disorders and how to recognise rare and complex conditions that require specialist referral. Delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Course

How to Manage: Gastroenterology (online)

20 March 2023

This online course provides you with a clinical approach to effectively investigate and manage common gastrointestinal presentations in children and young people.

Area of medicine

Gastroenterology

Course

How to Manage: Non-malignant haematology (online)

23 March 2023

An online course focusing on the investigation, diagnosis and management of common non-malignant haematological problems in children and young people.

Area of medicine

Haematology

Knowledge and skills

Continuing professional development

Resource

Winter pressures and Paediatric Emergency Medicine – sharing solutions and best practice: meeting recording

On 28 September 2022, RCPCH hosted a meeting to address concerns regarding increased clinical pressures in UK Paediatric Emergency Departments ahead of winter and to share and discuss some potential solutions. Watch presentations from the meeting and an anonymised Q&A.

Area of medicine

Emergency medicine

Winter planning

Course

How to Manage: Diabetes in children (online)

21 February 2023

Diabetes is a chronic long-term condition which needs daily management but can also result in life threatening emergencies and long-term medical consequences. This course provides a clinical framework for the diagnosis and management of children and young people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. ...

Paediatric sub-specialty

News

Paediatricians respond to worrying decline in childhood immunisation rates in England

29 September 2022

On Thursday 29 September, NHS Digital published their Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics- England, 2021-22.