Community child health

Community child health doctors work with vulnerable groups of children, including those with developmental disorders and disabilities, complex behavioural presentations, and at risk of abuse or are being abused. Find out more about this sub-specialty.

Course

Kings Mill PECSIG Annual Conference, Nottingham (face to face)

28 June 2024

Nottingham

This is an annual Conference organised by the PECSIG to facilitate the learning and safe practice of paediatric cardiology in the primary and secondary care.

Child and adolescent mortality

Clinical genetics

Community child health

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Course

RIPE (Rapid Interpretation of Paediatric ECG) Course

01 July 2024

This course is for those who are interested to learn interpreting paediatric ECGs. This course aims to instil confidence to interpret from basic ECGs to complex ECGs with top tips to interpret most ECGs within two minutes. This course will be delivered virtually via Zoom.

Area of medicine

Cardiovascular

Community child health

Drugs and medicines

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Course

Neonatal & Paediatric ECG & Arrhythmia Course (remote delivered)

14 June 2024

This is a basic plus course that will upskill clinicians and allied health professionals in neonatal and paediatric ECG interpretation and relevant management. This course is delivered virtually.

Community child health

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Document

The role of paediatricians in children and young people's mental health - position statement 2024

Childhood mental health problems are common and increasing across the UK. Our position, updated in February 2024, outlines the role for paediatricians in prevention, early recognition and holistic care. It also calls for greater investment, support for child health professionals and government actio...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Mental health

Resource

'Think measles' poster

Healthcare professionals - 'think measles' and take opportunities to talk to families about immunisations and respond to their questions. Let's work together to make sure children are as safe as they can be from these potentially serious illnesses.

Community child health

Course

How to Manage: Refugee and Asylum Seeking Children and Young People (Online)

05 June 2024

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.

Area of medicine

Community child health

News

Care by the right people, in the right place at the right time

23 October 2023

This blog by Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales, was created as part of the Wales eBulletin for October 2023.

Resource

Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Wales – consultation response

In September 2023 we responded to the Welsh Government consultation on the Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Wales. The Welsh Government consulted on five objectives which they thought would change the lives of children and young people in poverty.

Area of medicine

Community child health

Public health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

News

Scoring F for fitness - how can we help children in Wales?

4 October 2023

Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, recently joined a workshop on physical activity in children and young people to learn why kids in Wales scored F for fitness, what this means for them and, when in clinic, what he should be assessing, saying and signposting. He shares his findings.

News

How can we prevent the risk of deadly disease outbreaks?

9 August 2023

What you need to know about upcoming changes to the UK’s childhood vaccination programme. Professor Helen Bedford, Immunisation Lead for RCPCH explains.