Patient information

News

A manifesto for Wales - why now and why not you?

17 April 2025

The Senedd election in Wales is next May. So what better time, suggests Officer for Wales Dr Nick Wilkinson, to help ensure child and adolescent health and wellbeing top the list for debate? Here's how members in Wales can engage with our recently published manifesto.

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Remembering influential members and our global impact - President’s update

17 February 2025

In our recent Council meeting, we honoured the memory of Dr Jean Bowyer, a passionate advocate for child health. The RCPCH continues to uphold her legacy through international examinations, training, and humanitarian programs.

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Useful epilepsy resources for children, young people and families

This page links to useful resources from the College and other charities to support your or your child's epilepsy care.

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NI Executive Children and Young People’s Strategy 3 Year Delivery Plan - consultation response

In 2021 the Department of Education published the overarching 10 Year Children and Young People’s Strategy (2020 – 2030) on behalf of the NI Executive. Subsequently, in 2022, the Executive produced an initial draft three Year Delivery Plan (2021-24) and published for public consultation.

Health policy

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Wellbeing for children and young people

Quality improvement

Society

Poverty

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Let’s look out for each other - President's blog

3 December 2021

As Omicron brings more uncertainty and strain, Camilla writes about what we can do to make a difference, alongside her reflections from the College’s first Climate Change conference.

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Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers

Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with free access to information leaflets on over 200 medicines, videos and news.

Drugs and medicines

Patient information

News

The PERFORM project wins the PIER award

10 May 2021

With support from NIHR, we have run the Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research (PIER) award for the second year now to recognise multi-disciplinary teams that involve and engage children and young people in their research. Here, we speak with the winning team about their project.

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Disability Matters: a welcome addition to the medical school curriculum

20 January 2021

Elizabeth Lawson, a final year medical student, discusses the benefits of learning about disability medicine via this online resource and recommends its use alongside traditional undergraduate teaching methods.

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Your baby's care - measuring standards and improving neonatal care

This is our parent and carer guide to the summary report of the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) on 2023 data. NNAP data helps neonatal units to give better care to babies. We assess whether babies have had the health checks recommended for them to reduce the risk of complications, and we ch...

Intensive care medicine

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Reye's Syndrome website - for families and health professionals

The National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, which is now part of RCPCH, provides evidence-based information on a dedicated website about this very rare condition that affects children and young people.

Rare disease

Patient information