Represent the views of members, develop strategy, help deliver work plans and work with a range of internal stakeholders.
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Membership
Milestones: Finding the timeThe winter edition of your member magazine has contributions on supporting professional activities, our rota gaps survey, service development and so much more.
Get involved in a College roleWe invite members to explore and apply for an opportunity with us! Roles cover child protection publications, clinical quality, global child health, paediatric training, workforce planning and more... -
Education and careers
Our upcoming coursesWe offer a range of courses, including our popular 'How to manage' series on clinical topics, plus safeguarding, effective educational supervision and exam preparation. Many are hosted online. -
Work we do
Our College strategyCovering the next three years and with four strategic goals, our strategy aims to meet our members' priorities to support their working lives and be a powerful advocate for children and young people. -
Resources
Discharge and medication safetyWe have six recommendations to improve the safety of liquid medicines during the transition from hospital to home care.
Thrive Paediatrics resource hubEspecially for members, our new hub offers evidence and good practice examples in wellbeing, plus stories from paediatricians' lived experience. -
Key topics
10 Year Health Plan for the NHSWe want to ensure children and young people are at the centre of the Government's plan. Our briefings outline our recommendations and how members in England can input.
Air pollution and child healthOur Companion, developed with members, helps you build your knowledge, talk to patients and advocate for change - such as joining a clean air community in the UK or internationally. -
News and events
From Professor Steve Turner...As RCPCH President, Steve shares regular updates with members by email and on this website - such as his regular feature on #WDYCD4Y: What Does Your College Do For You.
RCPCH Conference 2025Our major event of the year takes place from 26 to 28 March in Glasgow and online, and you don't want to miss it! Get your early bird ticket now for 15% off.
Paediatric services and rota gapsWe surveyed members across the UK to understand more about understaffed rotas and how to address them for both a high quality service and clinician wellbeing.
Support the development and delivery of our humanitarian child health programmes in low income countries around the world.
Champion the mental health of children and young people by representing the College, helping respond to proposals and providing policy advice.
Act as clinical lead on our publications, including Child Protection Companion and the Purple Book, and the systematic reviews.
Provide clinical leadership to support our programmes in quality improvement, clinical guidelines and audits of care processes and outcomes.
We have vacancies on College Specialty Advisory Committees for community child health, neonatal medicine, neurodisability, oncology and palliative medicine.
Recruiting a non-member to our Ethics and the Law Advisory Committee, which advises the College on ethical matters, policies and guidelines.
As either a consultant or SAS doctor, advise LTFT trainees in your region, review job plans and raise related issues to the College and/or school board.
Our Nominations Committee promotes, monitors and assesses nominations for RCPCH Honorary Fellowship, Members' Award and the James Spence Medal.
Conduct and oversee the assessment of Portfolio Pathway applications, advising the College of recommended outcomes. We'll provide online training and support.
Help oversee the scenario generations, development, delivery and quality assurance of our Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure.
Seeking a regional representative in Wessex to help with the setup and support of regional paediatric research networks.
Seeking regional reps from these Health Board Areas: Aneurin Bevan University, Cardiff and Vale University, Cwm Taf Morgannwg and Hywel Dda University.
Recruiting a Clinical Lead for Workforce Transformation to provide expert advice on workforce matters and help us progress with our workforce strategy and plan.
Seeking a visionary leader to help lead transformative change for children and families around the world, working to our 2024-27 College strategy. (Applications close on 3 February.)
More opportunities with us
There are more ways to get involved with the College. These include writing questions and scenarios for our exams, delivering child health education as course faculty or volunteering internationally in our Global Links programme.