Intensive care medicine

The paediatric intensive care physician resuscitates, stabilises, transfers and treats critically ill and injured children - find out about this sub-specialty.

Course

Hands on Neonatal & Paediatric Echocardiography Course (Face to face)

01 November 2025

Brighton

This is a Basic Plus Hands on face-to-face Course that will benefit paediatric, neonatal, PICU and Emergency Paediatrics trainees and consultants, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners and cardiac sonographers who have recently commenced or intend to commence performing echocardiograms on neonates and ch...

Community child health

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Basic page

Paediatric intensive care medicine - sub-specialty

A paediatric intensivist resuscitates, stabilises, transfers and treats critically ill and injured children. This page is for those exploring, applying to or already in this sub-specialty training programme! We have insights from current specialists on what it's like working in paediatric intensi...

Intensive care medicine

Paediatric sub-specialty

Resource

Beginner's guide to genomic testing: Who, what and how - webinar recording

In March 2023, we invited Dr Harry Leitch to speak about genomic testing for paediatricians. He shared insights from his own experiences in the NHS, followed by an interactive Q&A session.

Genomics

Community child health

General paediatrics

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Neonatal medicine

Continuing professional development

News

Our history, your future - Toyin Ocholi

7 October 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.

News

We publish a new educational podcast about paediatric sepsis

13 September 2021

Over the past couple of years we've produced podcasts with real-world guidance on how to manage sepsis in children and young people. Clinical lead and consultant paediatrician Dr Emma Lim introduces our latest episode, published for today's World Sepsis Day, which covers the first ever sepsis guidel...

News

Protect children for a challenging winter ahead

14 July 2020

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the RCPCH made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...

Resource

Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS) - national consensus management pathway

Most children are asymptomatic or exhibit mild symptoms from COVID-19 infection. However, a small number have been identified who develop a significant systemic inflammatory response, which is also known as PIMS-TS or PIMS). In September 2020 a national consensus management pathway was published to ...

Immunology

Intensive care medicine

Rare disease

COVID-19

News

College responds to recent reports on COVID-19 and children

27 April 2020

Following reports of a small number of cases of a COVID-19 related condition emerging in children, our President has made a statement.

News

BPSU study to look at neonatal complications of COVID-19

1 April 2020

The British Paediatric Surveillance Unit has now started collecting data on neonatal complications of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the UK and Northern Ireland. This study is needed to understand the impact of Coronavirus infection in newborn babies and babies born to mothers with Coronavirus, s...

Document

COVID-19 - service evaluation and audit on the care needs of children admitted to hospital (England)

Run by NHS England in 2020, this aimed to provide important information on the clinical aspects of COVID-19 while also determining the care needs of children admitted to hospital with COVID-19.

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Respiratory medicine

COVID-19