Clinical guidelines and standards

You can see the College's guidelines, standards for the development of guidelines and ways to get involved on our Clinical guidelines and standards page

News

Trainee voices on building safer care for children - patient safety spotlight

28 August 2025

In this blog, eight paediatricians in training and four aspiring paediatricians — from medical students to senior registrars — share their perspectives on paediatric safety, reflecting on five key areas.

Volunteering opportunity

Decreased consciousness guidelines working group - College role now open for application

Closing date

22 September 2025

RCPCH is planning an update of our clinical guidelines on the assessment and management of patients with decreased consciousness. We're seeking a Chair to lead the development and oversee a working group.

Neurology

Clinical guidelines and standards

Event

Excellence in evidence-based medicine: Clinical guideline development and systematic reviews

23 September 2025

London

Are you interested in understanding the principles of high-quality clinical guideline development? Join us for this engaging in-person workshop led by the RCPCH Officer and Clinical Leads for Clinical Standards and Quality Improvement, alongside the RCPCH Research and Evidence team. Throughout th...

Clinical guidelines and standards

Quality improvement

Research

News

A manifesto for Wales - why now and why not you?

17 April 2025

The Senedd election in Wales is next May. So what better time, suggests Officer for Wales Dr Nick Wilkinson, to help ensure child and adolescent health and wellbeing top the list for debate? Here's how members in Wales can engage with our recently published manifesto.

News

End of the year update from the President

20 December 2024

Pulling it all together through the lens of our new strategy.

Document

National Neonatal Audit Programme - Summary report on 2023 data

This report summarises the key messages and national recommendations developed by consensus by the NNAP Project Board and Methodology and Dataset Group, based on NNAP data relating to babies discharged from neonatal care in England, Wales, Scotland and Isle of Man between 1 January and 31 December 2...

Neonatal medicine

Clinical guidelines and standards

Quality improvement

News

Supporting members with our new 'hub' on developing a clinical guideline

15 March 2024

We are delighted to launch a new clinical guideline web resource for paediatricians and colleagues across the child health workforce who may need to develop a clinical guideline in their specialty area.

News

RCPCH/NPPG publish a new guideline on medicine safety

14 December 2023

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group Joint Standing Committee on Medicines (RCPCH-NPPG) have produced a new clinical practice guideline on medication safety, with recommendations on effective paediatric ward rounds.

Resource

Medication safety: Best practice for effective paediatric ward rounds - clinical practice guideline

Published in December 2023, this clinical practice guideline developed by RCPCH and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group Joint Standing Committee on Medicines (RCPCH-NPPG), covers the inclusion of medication analysis in the paediatric ward round environment to improve medication safety.

Drugs and medicines

Clinical guidelines and standards

Patient safety

News

An important week for patient safety - President’s blog

3 November 2023

Camilla updates on the latest in the world of patient safety with the launch of the national Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) and recommendations on Martha’s Rule. There are also opportunities to get involved in service recovery and a reminder to eligible members to vote in our President elect...