The summer issue of your Milestones magazine is all about how we evolve as individuals, trainees and consultants, and is packed with opportunities to progress - from tips for your first Tier 2 shifts to achieving specialist status via the Portfolio Pathway.
We have begun to review the programme of assessment within the Progress+ curriculum to ensure it is fair and fit for purpose. Vice President for Training and Assessment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick, explains why.
Covering 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.
Our resources, co-produced with children, young people and families, explain how services can create a listening culture, with easy-to use communication cards, case studies and tips to get started.
Spotlight on the child health workforce in England
Our policy briefing sets out our eight principles for change and clear recommendations that will help realise the government’s ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.
Strengthening children’s community health services
More than 314,000 children and young people in England alone are waiting for community health services, and wait times are getting worse. We outline the evidence and impact, and call for action across the UK.
The UK Government has released its plan for the NHS in England. Over the past months and working alongside members, we've been building the case for children and the child health workforce.
We present the latest results from our organisational and clinical audit of paediatric epilepsy services, looking at neighbourhood provision, strengthening pathways and supporting mental health and wellbeing.
Showcase your research, quality improvement or other project relating to child health at next year's conference, which takes place 11-13 May in Birmingham and online. We provide full guidelines and signpost new training videos to help you write a great abstract.
Our resources and documents include training and career guidance, research and audit reports, policy statements, service standards and online learning. You can use the search or filter to find what you're looking for.
This page focuses on developing specific skills to support your advocacy work. Remember, as a healthcare professional you already have a range of skills that you can draw from. Effective advocacy, like clinical work, requires you to listen to others’ concerns, understand the evidence base, build tru...
If you have decided you're ready to step out of your comfort zone and expand your sphere of influence beyond the clinic room, this section is for you. Find inspiration through learning about clean air advocacy happening across the UK and further afield.
This page provides an introduction to advocacy, outlines its relevance to the role of child health professionals, and suggests the first steps you might want to take on your journey towards using your voice as a child health advocate.
This page and our 'Clean air, healthy childhoods' policy report are for policy makers, NHS leaders and child health professionals. Clean air clinics, which are run by multidisciplinary teams, support families experiencing health problems linked to poor housing and pollution. They show what is possib...
We need to get the basics right. Before talking about the 'tricky' topic of air pollution, remind yourself how best to engage with children and young people (CYP) and their families.
Having established some basic principles for engaging with CYP and their families, the next step is to apply these to the topic of air pollution. This resource is suitable for any child health professional wanting to improve their confidence communicating about air pollution.
The Clean Air Fund Partnership team at RCPCH have prepared some 'deep dives' into specific air pollution topics - for those who already know the basics and are interested to learn more.
On this page, you'll find key RCPCH and external resources curated for easy access and sharing. Explore the list below to locate and share relevant information with your colleagues.