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The UK Paediatric Epilepsy Programme Board is looking for Experts by Experience

Having seen the incredible benefit that Experts by Experience bring, the UK Paediatric Epilepsy Programme Board has agreed to expand and we are excited to announce we now have seven opportunities for new Experts by Experience to join the board. Deadline for applications: Midnight, 15 August 2023.

Epilepsy

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Patient experience

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Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates awarded the Patient and Public Involvement Hero Award 2023 by HQIP

20 June 2023

On 20 June 2023, the Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates were announced as joint winners of the Patient and Public Involvement Hero Award by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). The award is one of five Clinical Audit Heroes Awards that are announced during the 2023 Clinical Audit Awareness...

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Lasting impressions - President's blog

2 June 2023

Camilla reflects on another successful RCPCH Annual Conference and invites you to save the date for 2024 in Birmingham.

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - art competition

Help the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) to design the cover of our next report and be in with a chance to win a £50 All4One gift card! This competition is open to all children and young people with diabetes, receiving care from a paediatric diabetes unit.

Diabetes

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Youth Trustee recruitment privacy notice

Safeguarding the data of our youth trustees is of paramount importance to us. This page explains how the RCPCH uses any information you give to us as part of the recruitment to our Board of Trustees. It includes the way we protect your privacy and to comply with UK Data Protection legislation.

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Healthcare standards for children and young people in secure settings

There are about 1,000 children and young people placed in secure settings at any one time on justice or welfare grounds. This cohort of children often have complex needs that span mental health, neurodevelopmental need, substance misuse, and physical health, which can be hard to reach through tradit...

Adolescent health

Transition to adult

Engaging children and young people

Patient experience

Safeguarding

Child protection

Looked after children

Service design

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Engaging children and young people - improving communication

We have collated a number of resources and RCPCH &Us project work which gives you practical tools and advice on how healthcare professionals can improve their communication with children, young people and their families. Much of this content has been created with children and young people and includ...

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Patient experience

Patient involvement

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Engaging children and young people - examples of engagement excellence

This collection of case studies and examples of excellence includes the Youth Social Action project, Rainbow Health Youth Supporters and Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates, plus more! By sharing the high quality and effective engagement work of your healthcare professional peers, we hope you can be inspi...

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Engaging children and young people - how to do it

Engaging with children and young people means that we seek out their thoughts, feelings, ideas, concerns and expectations around health and healthcare, and then work collaboratively to create a healthcare service that meets their needs. Here we provide a 'how-to' guide for how to meaningfully and ef...

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Children and young people's voice

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Engaging children and young people - our responsibilities, roles and the legislation

Paediatricians and their colleagues need to be knowledgeable regarding their roles, responsibilities and the supporting engagement legislation in order to effectively advocate for improved involvement processes in relation to service design, to support challenging conversations where there may be ba...

Governance and regulation

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Patient involvement