Primary care

Course

Measure with confidence – Improving child and infant health assessment skills

19 January 2027

This virtual event offers a comprehensive programme focused on growth measurement in children, featuring expert presentations and practical video demonstrations. The sessions cover the importance of measuring growth, including stages of growth and the use of growth charts, both electronic and paper-...

Community child health

News

Collaboration or integration - from our St David's Day Conference

24 March 2025

This excellent event took place last month, curated by our trainee members. Through a series of presentations, we looked at how integrated care can help address complexity and bring efficiency, but also how to link in with others' expertise and perspective.

Resource

Transforming child health services in England: a blueprint

Children are waiting longer than adults to access healthcare, paediatric services are not recovering at the same rates as adult services, and there is a growing gap between demand and capacity. This has coincided with an unprecedented increased demand for children’s health services, which is forecas...

News

Care by the right people, in the right place at the right time

23 October 2023

This blog by Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales, was created as part of the Wales eBulletin for October 2023.

News

RCPCH responds to a new delivery plan on access to primary care in England

10 May 2023

Yesterday (9 May 2023) NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care published their plan aimed at improving access to primary care services in England.

News

RCPCH responds to the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY) report on paediatric waiting lists

19 October 2021

Today, the RCPCH responds to this NICCY report which examined the length of time children and young people are waiting to access appointments, the current reporting systems, the impact of delayed care and factors which contribute to paediatric waiting times across Northern Ireland.

News

Information about Becton Dickinson Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio supply disruption

13 August 2021

NHSE has published recommended actions in light of a supply disruption in relation to Becton Dickinson (BD) on their Blood Specimen Collection Portfolio.

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

Primary Care Network services - consultation response

In January 2020 we responded to NHS England and Improvement’s (NHSE/I) consultation on Primary Care Network (PCN) services. We are concerned that the services will not address the needs of children and young people.

Primary care

Service design

Resource

Safety-netting information following a first seizure without a fever in children and young people

These high quality leaflets provide information to parents and carers of children and young people who have had a first seizure that was not considered to be a ‘febrile convulsion’, as well as children and young people themselves.

Community child health

Engaging children and young people

Patient information

Patient safety