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RCPCH responds to Spending Review
12 June 2025
The Chancellor has delivered her spending review for 2025.
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RCPCH welcomes the latest urgent and emergency care plan
6 June 2025
The urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 is a strategy aimed at addressing the increasing demand on emergency services in England.
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Collaborative healthcare in England: Delivering the services children need in the community
RCPCH has long called for a greater focus on and investment in children’s community health services, which support some of our most vulnerable children and their families. The latest available data covering March 2025 shows that more than 314,000 children and young people are waiting for community h...
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Report shows hundreds of thousands of children left waiting for vital community care services
21 May 2025
With over 310,000 children in England currently waiting for community health services, paediatricians remain unclear on how the Government’s ‘shift care to the community’ plans will work in practice.
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RCPCH member update following our response to NHS England review into postgraduate medical training
15 May 2025
On 19 February 2025, NHS England launched a review of postgraduate medical training, led by Professor Sir Stephen Powis and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Chris Whitty. On 15 May 2025, the College submitted a formal response.
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Collaborative Healthcare in Scotland: Delivering the services children need in the community
This report, published in May 2025, puts a spotlight on community child health services in Scotland, addressing challenges and providing recommendations to strengthen community paediatric services. We urge the Scottish Government and health boards to publish consistent and uniform community paediatr...
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Embracing neurodiversity and supporting neurodivergent paediatricians
30 April 2025
Over the last year a group of paediatricians and RCPCH staff members have collaborated to develop guidance on supporting neurodivergent paediatricians, in the hope of increasing awareness and creating a neuro-inclusive culture.
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A manifesto for Wales - why now and why not you?
17 April 2025
The Senedd election in Wales is next May. So what better time, suggests Officer for Wales Dr Nick Wilkinson, to help ensure child and adolescent health and wellbeing top the list for debate? Here's how members in Wales can engage with our recently published manifesto.
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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) spotlight audit reports
Our spotlight audits aim to give context to the findings of the NPDA national reports. They provide insight into everyday practice and explore how this may be related to outcome.
The spotlight audits do not, for the most part, measure practice against any particular set of standards but instead h...
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Catch up on Annual Conference, AGM 2025 results & devolved nations news - President's update
7 April 2025
Explore AGM 2025 and our extensive educational resources, including 35+ live online courses and 40+ recorded webinars.