Safeguarding

News

RCPCH responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2023 report

26 January 2023

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.

News

RCPCH responds to EHRC report ‘Children’s rights in Great Britain’

25 January 2023

Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report to the United Nations raises a number of concerns on the health, wellbeing and living standards of children in England and Wales.

News

RCPCH responds to State of Health Visiting, 2022 UK survey report

18 January 2023

The Health Visiting Institute has published the findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom.

News

RCPCH responds to the Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Committee’s report on age assessment methods

13 January 2023

This week the Interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee published their report on the use of biological evaluation methods to assist in assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

News

RCPCH responds to the Scottish budget 2023 to 2024

19 December 2022

The Scottish Budget for 2023 to 2024 was published on 15 December 2022.

Course

Child Protection: From examination to court (CPEC) Level 3 - online - two-day course

27 February 2023

Paediatricians have a key role in both providing written evidence and presenting as a professional witness in family, criminal or civil proceedings in child protection cases. This two-day online course, with mandatory pre-course activities, provides paediatricians with the skills required to fulfil ...

Knowledge and skills

Safeguarding

Course

Supporting named and designated doctors for looked after children – online

17 May 2023

This one-day online course, and accompanying pre-course eLearning, aims to equip named and designated doctors (namely paediatricians) working with looked after children with a comprehensive understanding of their role, and develop the skills needed to fulfil their wide-ranging responsibilities as le...

Safeguarding

Course

How to Manage: Refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people - online course

07 June 2023

This course aims to increase awareness, knowledge, skills and confidence to assess and manage the health needs of accompanied and unaccompanied refugee and asylum-seeking children (AURASC) across medical settings.

Wellbeing for children and young people

News

RCPCH responds to plans for migrant children to undergo X-rays to try and verify age

2 November 2022

RCPCH has been made aware of potential plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.

Document

Child Protection Service Delivery Standards Audit

We are launching a nationwide audit to provide a comprehensive understanding of the extent to which service delivery standards for conducting child protection medical assessments are implemented across the UK, and to explore whether current service delivery infrastructure supports teams to meet thes...