Infectious diseases

News

Group A Strep and scarlet fever during a time of winter pressures – a joint statement from RCPCH, RCEM and RCGP

8 December 2022

Three Medical Royal Colleges are issuing advice for worried parents and healthcare professionals working during a very tough winter.

Course

Royal London Paediatric Update for Paediatricians - webinar

07 February 2023

This CPD-approved webinar will cover 24 most common conditions for which children are referred to Paediatric Outpatient Clinics. The SMART lectures will be delivered by a team of paediatric consultants from The Royal London Hospital. Additionally, eight topics will be covered as video recorded le...

Allergies

Cardiovascular

Community child health

News

RCPCH respond to UKHSA reports of Poliovirus in London

15 November 2022

UKHSA urges the public and parents of young children who may have missed their routine vaccinations to ensure their polio vaccinations are up-to-date. This page was first published on 24 June 2022, and has been updated to reflect UKHSA’s urgent update.

Course

Paediatric Infection (Online)

17 April 2023

This short course synthesises core scientific knowledge with practical clinical scenarios to encourage a deeper understanding of infectious diseases in neonates and children, and to help you to develop your own framework to address any clinical infection problem.

Intensive care medicine

Document

Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak 2022 - guidance

This guidance covers the pathway and clinical considerations in the following situations: (1) care of a child or young person (CYP) with suspected Mpox, (2) CYP contact of a confirmed case of Mpox, (3) newborn baby of a mother with suspected or confirmed Mpox. This page was updated...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Infectious diseases

News

Paediatricians reassure parents MMR vaccines are lifesaving, and call on government to publish overdue vaccination strategy

1 February 2022

On Tuesday 1 February, UKHSA published concerning data that the UK once again has not met the WHO targets for Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccination, and indeed the situation is getting worse, with now 1 in 10 children over the age of 5 at risk of measles.

News

RCPCH comments on importance of maintaining routine child and adolescent vaccinations during the pandemic

26 August 2021

Professor Helen Bedford, Immunisation Lead for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), said:

News

Our history, your future - Tom Waterfield

15 July 2021

As RCPCH celebrates its 25th birthday, 25 members have shared stories about a case that stayed with them. These stories will be published throughout 2021.

Document

RCPCH Progress changes for level 3 training – live as of August/September 2021

The General Medical Council (GMC) approved a set of enhancements to some of our current RCPCH Progress sub-specialty syllabi and general paediatrics. These are applicable to level 3 trainees in affected sub-specialties and general paediatrics as of August/September 2021 (see below for exceptions). ...

Allergies

Community child health

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

News

Dr Tom Waterfield wins the 2021 Donald Paterson prize

12 May 2021

In memory of Dr Donald Paterson, we offer this award to one individual for the best published paper in paediatrics from the last two years. We hear from the Paterson family and we speak to Tom about his winning publication and its importance for child health.