Quality improvement

RCPCH QI Central is our dedicated website to quality improvement in child health, sharing QI projects and posters in medicines, safety, patient-centred care and systems of care

Course

Trainee Research Network Education Seminars (TREES)

28 October 2025

Join our free monthly seminar series for paediatric residents, offering practical insights into child health research. Each 45-minute session supports Progress+ curriculum goals and is designed to build confidence in research.

Paediatric careers

Quality improvement

Research

News

Trainee voices on building safer care for children - patient safety spotlight

28 August 2025

In this blog, eight paediatricians in training and four aspiring paediatricians — from medical students to senior registrars — share their perspectives on paediatric safety, reflecting on five key areas.

Resource

Annual Impact Review 2024

We are delighted to share our review of 2024 across all operational areas, including the devolved nations and internationally. Hear what our senior leaders have to say, view our year in numbers or read about how our work in advocacy and engagement is helping shape the future of paediatric care.

Digital health

Engaging children and young people

Resource

Epilepsy12 - National Organisational Audit and Clinical Audit 2025

Published in July 2025, our annual report presents the latest results from Epilepsy12, providing insight into the diagnosis and care of children and young people with epilepsy and the organisation of paediatric epilepsy services in England and Wales. The report has four key themes: contributing and ...

News

Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) updates from the UK nations - patient safety spotlight

23 June 2025

Colleagues share the journey of the PEWS programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and England, reflecting on standardising across the many and varied types of units, and future plans for improvement across the nations.

News

Learning from Ryan’s Rule in Australia - patient safety guest blog

28 April 2025

Professor Nitin Kapur, who spoke at this year's RCPCH Conference, reflects on the implementation of Ryan’s Rule in Queensland a decade ago - as we here in the UK tentatively roll out Martha’s rule in our units.

News

From the RCPCH Conference 2025 – patient safety spotlight

23 April 2025

A month on from the College’s conference in Glasgow (and online), our patient safety team of clinicians and staff recall the many inspiring and practical presentations and workshops on this theme.

News

Dr Thomas Bourke is the new RCPCH Officer for Ireland

25 March 2025

Dr Bourke begins his role this month and joins the College Council in May 2025. He looks forward to advocating for the needs and rights of all children and young people in Ireland.

Resource

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) annual reports

Our annual, national reports, 'Care processes and outcomes' highlight the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. On this page you can download our latest and previous reports and find links to our reports especially for...

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Quality improvement

News

An interview with the PADDINGToN team, who wins the RCPCH-NIHR PIER Prize 2024

30 January 2025

The RCPCH-NIHR PIER (Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research) Prize recognises significant contributions to excellent patient engagement for NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio studies.