Volunteering is vital to our work, and over 3,000 members contribute each year. You too can shape paediatrics, support future generations, influence healthcare and gain invaluable experience.
The latest issue of your member magazine shines a light on connections - with contributions from Visiting Fellows, senior members on planning for retirement and more.
We have begun to review the programme of assessment within the Progress+ curriculum to ensure it is fair and fit for purpose. Vice President for Training and Assessment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick, explains why.
We deliver clinically-led peer reviews to healthcare organisations, providing independent, objective expert advice and external assurance on your clinical services and quality of care.
Our new resource presents insights on flexible working patterns from 2015 to 2025, UK legislation and NHS guidance. Plus, paediatricians' experiences balancing clinical life, aspirations and personal wellbeing.
The 5th edition of our Facing the Future document outlines how to deliver safe, high quality and integrated care for patients in Paediatric Emergency Departments in the UK.
Strengthening children’s community health services
More than 314,000 children and young people in England alone are waiting for community health services, and wait times are getting worse. We outline the evidence and impact, and call for action across the UK.
How can the health, wellbeing and rights of children and young people be not only safeguarded, but actively prioritised? The Holyrood election is in May 2026 and we have a 'prescription for change' for the next Scottish Government.
Register for our new fortnightly series of free, one-hour webinars, which replicate the 'Grand Round' that takes place in many hospitals. Each features an expert-led presentation on clinical and professional paediatric practice, followed by a live Q&A.
Join us in Birmingham or online on Wednesday 5 November for our first-ever conference on digital health technology. We'll explore how digital innovation is transforming paediatric care, with insights from leading tech companies and NHS digital pioneers.
A neurodisability paediatrician supports children and young people with disabilities resulting from congenital (since birth) or acquired long-term conditions - find out more about this sub-specialty.
William Harvey Research Foundation - Innovation Award [CLOSED]
These awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work. The Institute accepts applications from tenured and non-tenured researchers, clinicians and non-clinicians to undertake high quality biomedical research and has no priority diseases or restrictions on the research area supported.
Provide funding to encourage and further medical research in a variety of areas. Applications are invited from doctors and research scientists and can be for either research in progress or prospective research.
Award programme/theme
Project grant
Funding amount range
£50,001 to £100,000
Maximum duration
3 years
Submission deadline
Brain Research UK - Post-doctoral / Clinical PhD Fellowships [OPEN]
Intended to help outstanding graduates gain the necessary skills and training to set them on course for an independent career in one of their priority research areas, or to support clinicians entering a clinical academic career pathway focused on one of these areas.
Action for A-T funds medical research that speeds up the process of identifying a cure for Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T) or treatments that delay or prevent the disabling effects of the condition.
On 17 June 2019, more than 150 health professionals working in support of paediatric epilepsy services and patient organisation representatives came together at the second Epilepsy12/OPEN UK National Conference with the aim of learning from each other and improving the care offered to children and y...
The RCPCH Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) ran from June 2019 to 2024 as the first paediatric epilepsy QI collaborative in England and Wales. It supported epilepsy service teams in England and Wales to identify and implement sustainable improvements within their services for children an...
In 2018 we responded to the Welsh Government’s draft Bill for Autism. We welcome calls for increased resource to support children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and improve outcomes for children with ASD. However, we are concerned about the possible unintended consequences of this proposed legi...
Experts from 13 national bodies, including seven Royal Colleges, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance to support doctors and other health professionals around valproate use in women and girls in their reproductive years.
