In late 2024 and early 2025, we held workshops with children and young people with varied lived experiences, with members and with stakeholders in health research. We submitted a summary of the insights from each of these to Change NHS.
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Membership
Annual General Meeting 2025All College members are warmly invited to join AGM 2025 on Thursday 27 March at 12:15. You can join us in person at Conference in Glasgow or virtually via a livestream.
Healthy connectionsThe latest issue of your Milestones magazine explores how health professionals can come together to support children and young people – from navigating screen time to adopting a pro-play mindset. -
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
National Paediatric Diabetes AuditOur latest annual report highlights the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. Illustration by Phoenix S.
Equal protection from assaultChildren in England and Northern Ireland are the only people in the UK not full protected in law from assault: this is unjust. -
Key topics
Workshop insights for 10 Year Health PlanOver the past months, we've held workshops with children and young people, members and stakeholders in health research. We've now submitted a summary of the insights to Change NHS in England.
Talking about air pollutionWe want to make conversations between child health professionals and families about about air quality 'business as usual'. Our communication toolkit on our Air Pollution Companion has plenty of advice... -
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.
See you at Conference?It's our three-day conference this week in Glasgow and online! If you're joining us, you're likely planning your programme. You can book online through this week for all or part of the event.
Worried and waiting - one year onLast March we had published our analysis of paediatric waiting times for outpatients, inpatients and day cases in paediatrics in Scotland from 2012 to 2023. One year on, we examine new data...
In December, our Health Policy team (with senior clinical leaders) and RCPCH &Us team (representing the voice of children, young people and families) each submitted an organisational response to Change NHS. We've also written to the People working group.
Our four recommendations are to prioritise children's health, ensure fair funding, make devolution to Integrated Care Systems work better and support a sustainable workforce. We outline how members can share their experiences and ideas to Change NHS.