General paediatrics

A general paediatrician is a doctor with the knowledge and skills to manage a wide range of health problems and concerns in children and young people. Find out more about general paediatrics.

Course

Paediatric and neonatal simulation instructor course

12 March 2026

Smethwick

This course is specially designed for paediatric and neonatal educators who wish to implement or enhance a simulation programme in their local work environment.

General paediatrics

Neonatal medicine

Course

How to Manage: Children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (online course)

02 July 2026

This course aims to increase awareness, knowledge, skills and confidence to assess and manage the health needs of children and young people seeking asylum and refugees across medical settings.

General paediatrics

Global child health

Wellbeing for children and young people

Refugee

Course

Difficult Vascular Access in Children (DVAC)

23 March 2026

Nottingham

This is a fun, interactive course aiming to encourage vein-preserving and time-saving techniques to improve outcomes and satisfaction for patients and carers. Feedback from previous DVAC courses has said the course has positively changed peoples’ practice. The course has previously run in Belfast an...

Anaesthesia

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Course

Neonatal Cardiology including POCUS (Remote Delivered)

14 January 2026

This is a Basic Plus Online Course that will benefit neonatal consultants & trainees, paediatricians with neonatal interest and critical care doctors and advanced nurse practitioners, and researchers who have commenced or intend to commence performing echocardiograms on neonates. The Course aims to ...

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Course

RCPCH-BPSU Webinar: ARFID: Frequently Asked Questions (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

14 January 2026

In this webinar, and building on a previous RCPCH-BPSU webinar delivered in December 2024, Dr Josephine Neale aims to answer frequently asked questions about ARFID.

Gastroenterology

General paediatrics

Mental health

Resource

Help protect your child from flu this winter - factsheets on vaccination

Every winter, thousands of children need hospital care because of the flu. Paediatricians play a vital role to increase uptake of the flu vaccine to protect children from this virus, and to reduce winter strains on the NHS. Download our factsheet for each UK nation to share with parents and carers.

News

Member update to NHSE Medical Training Review – Phase 1 diagnostic report

30 October 2025

NHS England has published phase 1 of its review of Medical Training in England, led by Chris Whitty and Steve Powis.

Resource

Epilepsy12 - National Organisational Audit and Clinical Audit 2025

Published in July 2025, our annual report presents the latest results from Epilepsy12, providing insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services in England and Wales. The report has four key themes: contributing and ...

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) - Fellowship Award [OPEN]

https://www.espid.org/award-details.aspx?group=awards&id=25

The goal of this fellowship award is to stimulate basic or clinical research that utilises advanced techniques and methods to improve the health of children by prevention or management of infectious diseases.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Submission deadline

31 December 2025

European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) - Clinical Training Fellowship [OPEN]

https://www.espid.org/award-details.aspx?group=awards&id=7

These awards help ESPID members to visit other centres to obtain experience or training in techniques.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)