How we support, educate and develop paediatricians and the wider child health workforce to deliver high quality care
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Membership
Scoring change in 2019In this first month of the new year, we've seen the launch of the NHS Long Term Plan (England), released screen time guidance, launched our State of Child Health scorecards and more! Russell Viner, RCPCH President blogs.
Benefit of the monthMembers tell us they love our educational programmes, with a trainee remarking of one, "the best single course I have attended in the last year". We now offer a standard 25% discount to our members, with further reductions for trainees. -
Education and careers
Lead on our theory examsAs a Principal Area Theory (PAT) Lead, you'll facilitate regular and dynamic Question Setting Groups and be the main contact for theory exams in your region. -
Work we do
Auditing emergency care standardsAs a service lead, how well does your children's emergency service align with Facing the Future standards? Our audit will provide a better understanding of care and enable teams to plan improvements.
Significant gaps in the workforce...We collect data on the paediatric workforce and child health services in the UK, most recently in 2017. We provide a UK-wide overview of the findings and make five key recommendations. -
Resources
State of Child Health - todayOur new scorecards for each UK nation assess the progress, or lack thereof, made against policy recommendations from our 2017 report. They reveal a varied picture across the UK…
Learning opportunities in ScotlandFrom education and leadership to neonatal cardiology, from child protection to how to learn from each other.
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Key topics
Challenges for winterOur members told us that winter pressures are not just confined to children's Emergency Departments; they are part of a whole system problem.
Workforce censusIn this first report of the series we provide a UK-wide overview of the findings from the latest census and make five key recommendations. -
News and events
A movement for child health: where next?The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across the UK.
How to manage: gastroenterologyThis study day in Sheffield on 30 April will help you develop an approach for management of common gastrointestinal (GI) presentations.
Some key resources from our partners, which whom we work on key developments in QI
Jargon-busting introduction to QI and its uses in healthcare, and how to initiate a QI project
Quality improvement in curriculum
One of the domains in RCPCH Progress, our curriculum, addresses QI and patient safety. Here, Dr Amanda Newnham discusses how a QI project has improved patient and family services, increased efficiency and better use of clinician time, involved other health professional staff and has now changed practice across the whole hospital.
Improving outcomes in diabetes
Our children and young people’s diabetes quality programme is making impact across NHS paediatric units in England and Wales.
We are now underway with our QI Collaborative - and you watch updates from our celebration event to find out more.
Paediatric Care Online (PCO UK)
PCO UK is the essential decision support tool for any health professional who sees children at the point of care.
Accessible on a website and as a mobile app, PCO UK is available anytime, anywhere.