Infant health

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RCPCH Conference 2025 - Keynote speakers

These keynote talks from this year's event on 26-28 March 2025 explored vital topics, including the global impact of COVID-19 on children's health, patient safety advancements, sustainable paediatric medicines and innovative care models for adolescents.

Continuing professional development

Leadership

Mentoring

Public health

Wellbeing for children and young people

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About the Digital Growth Charts API

Evaluating and recording a child’s growth has traditionally involved plotting measurements on paper growth charts which have been developed using complex data sets and statistics. To support the drive to digitise healthcare RCPCH has, for the first time ever, developed a Digital Growth Charts API...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Digital health

Infant health

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National Neonatal Audit Programme virtual update event 2020 - resources

On 12 November 2020, the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) hosted its inaugural virtual update event as a live webinar. You can access resources from the event on this page.

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Health Visitors and Paediatricians publish advice for parents about the six-week postnatal check during COVID-19

1 May 2020

The Institute for Health Visiting and RCPCH have published advice for parents who may not be able to attend the six week check for newborn babies.

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UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report

4 March 2020

The RCPCH has today published State of Child Health 2020, the largest ever compilation of data on the health of babies, children and young people across all four UK nations. The report shows that for many measures of children’s health and wellbeing, progress has stalled, or is in reverse – something...

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BPSU study - Herpes simplex virus

BPSU surveillance of neonatal herpes simplex virus disease in infants less than 90 days of ages commenced in July 2019 and will run for 4.5 years. This study will assess the current disease burden of HSV to inform future practice on detection, prevention and management of this dangerous disease.

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Infant mortality rates “extremely worrying”

17 June 2019

According to figures published today by the Office for National Statistics, infant mortality rates in England and Wales have risen for the third year running. RCPCH responds.

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First 1,000 Days (Wales) - consultation response

In 2017 we responded to the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s consultation on the First 1,000 Days. We welcome the commitment to focus on infants and very young children, as healthy children are more likely to become healthy adults.

Health policy

Infant health

Public health

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Adverse childhood experiences – consultation response

In 2017 we responded to the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into evidence-based early-years intervention.

Health policy

Infant health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people

Safeguarding

Child protection

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First 1,000 Days – consultation response

In 2018, we responded to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry into the first 1,000 days of life. We support efforts to improve the first 1,000 days, recognising how important they are for children’s health and development in later life.