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

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - past annual reports and data

Our annual, national reports 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.

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Quality improvement

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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.

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RCPCH corporate witnesses to provide evidence to Thirlwall Inquiry

10 December 2024

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) will be providing evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry on 12 December 2024.

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Squaring the circle - how to make the Darzi report work for child health in Wales

25 November 2024

Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, discusses the value of stewardship - effective oversight - and how to adopt stewardship at a whole system level.

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Epilepsy12 and OPEN UK national conference 2024 resources

The seventh annual Epilepsy12 and Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference took place in September 2024. You can find conference resources and more information about the event on this page, as well as accepted poster submissions.

Epilepsy

Quality improvement

News

Forging ahead - President's update

13 September 2024

We may be young as a Royal College, but with more than 23,000 members globally, we are achieving so much together. Steve is pleased to see our concerns reflected in this week's Darzi review into the NHS in England, which were detailed in our own 'blueprint'.

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Safety for all – reflections on how we could help our members

13 September 2024

How can we make sure safety for all is core to our work with children, young people and their families? Dr Emma Vittery, new QI Fellow at RCPCH, highlights our expert resources and invites members to join our future QI Community.

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RCPCH statement on Thirlwall Inquiry

10 September 2024

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is a core participant in the Thirlwall Inquiry.

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Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) - our impact

The RCPCH EQIP ran from 2019 to 2024. Paediatric epilepsy teams in England and Wales learned about, implemented and shared quality improvement (QI) projects. Our impact report explains how a whole team approach, co-production with children and young people and improved skills drive improvements i...

Neurology

Epilepsy

Quality improvement

News

Raising the healthiest generation of children ever - President’s update

19 July 2024

Steve shares his reflections on the recent King’s Speech, and how the College will support the new government to deliver on its promises to children and young people. There's also a link to our new podcast on measles, and a chance to nominate colleagues who have made an outstanding contribution to c...