Respiratory medicine

News

RCPCH responds to the Chief Medical Officers’ 2022 report on air pollution

8 December 2022

On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.

Course

Royal London Paediatric Update for Paediatricians - webinar

07 February 2023

This CPD-approved webinar will cover 24 most common conditions for which children are referred to Paediatric Outpatient Clinics. The SMART lectures will be delivered by a team of paediatric consultants from The Royal London Hospital. Additionally, eight topics will be covered as video recorded le...

Allergies

Cardiovascular

Community child health

Document

Asthma &Me Ambassadors

This is a group of asthma experienced or interested children, young people and families who volunteer together to improve care for asthma patients and their families. Read about their award-winning project and the young people involved!

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Participation

Children and young people voice

Resource

Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan (Wales) consultation response

In March 2022 we responded to the Welsh Government’s consultation on the Tobacco control strategy and delivery plan for Wales. This page provides a summary, and you can download our full response.

Respiratory medicine

Public health

Smoking and tobacco

News

Professor Anthony David Milner obituary

12 November 2021

Professor Warren Lenney remembers his mentor Professor Anthony David Milner, ‘The father of modern respiratory paediatric research’.

News

College position statement on climate crisis

25 October 2021

Ahead of COP26 the College is calling on world leaders for action to limit the impact of climate change on child health and to acknowledge that the climate crisis is a child rights crisis.

Resource

Managing RSV and other respiratory viruses in 2021 - webinar recording

This free webinar, presented on 29 June 2021, was convened to support paediatricians and other child health professionals with managing bronchiolitis and other respiratory viruses this year. We looked at how to manage patient flow, ‘keeping patients safe and pathways open’, covered recognition, mana...

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Respiratory medicine

Resource

RCPCH response to the coroner following the tragic death of Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah

In June 2021 we were asked to respond to concerns raised by the coroner regarding the sad and untimely death of a nine-year-old girl in London, which was found to be contributed to by exposure to excessive air pollution.

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Climate change

Individual profile

Professor Steve Turner, Registrar

News

Medicines safety alert - Erythromycin therapy

5 January 2021

Erythromycin in babies and infants has been associated with an increased risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.