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Wales

News

Annual General Meeting 2025 – call for motions (now closed)

23 September 2024

The College’s Annual General Meeting will take place as part of the College’s Annual Conference on 27 March 2025. It will receive a report on the College’s activity in the last year, the Treasurer’s report on the accounts, and a number of other pieces of business.

News

What have the Romans ever done for us?

23 September 2024

And what is the College doing for members in Wales? Dr Nick Wilkinson wants to hear from you! He considers the many achievements during his first year as RCPCH Officer for Wales, working alongside a busy team.

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Air pollution in the UK - position statement

Air pollution poses a serious threat to children's health in the UK, contributing to a range of adverse health outcomes and premature mortality. This updated position statement reviews the latest evidence, now including the impact of indoor air pollution on children. With pollutants from both outdoo...

Air pollution

Volunteering opportunity

Child Protection Evidence - help develop systematic reviews

Are you a UK-based consultant or trainee paediatrician with an interest in child protection? We are seeking expert reviewers for critical appraisals and review leads.

Safeguarding

Child protection

Volunteering opportunity

Examiners for MRCPCH and/or DCH

Medical professionals can apply to become an examiner for MRCPCH (membership exam) and DCH (Diploma of Child Health) clinical examinations. If you are interested in becoming an examiner for either exam, please see below.

Continuing professional development

Examinations

Equality, diversity and inclusion

News

If schooling underwent a technology appraisal, could we fund it?

15 August 2024

Persistent school absence, which is higher since the pandemic, is associated with poor long term health outcomes and reduced life opportunities in Wales and across the UK. Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales explores the issue.

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Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) - our impact

The RCPCH EQIP ran from 2019 to 2024. Paediatric epilepsy teams in England and Wales learned about, implemented and shared quality improvement (QI) projects. Our impact report explains how a whole team approach, co-production with children and young people and improved skills drive improvements i...

Neurology

Epilepsy

Quality improvement

Resource

Self-rostering in paediatrics - case study presentation

Effective rostering is fundamental to achieving both high-quality paediatric service and staff wellbeing. Pressure on staffing mean that rostering is more challenging than ever before. In our case study presentation, we describe ways in which electronic self-rostering (e-rostering) can be an effecti...

Service planning

Workforce

Volunteering opportunity

START assessors and scenario generators - volunteering opportunities

Support the great work of this trainee assessment. We're looking for enthusiastic paediatric consultants and senior trainees to join our online sessions so we can generate new scenarios on varied clinical and professional themes. Consultants may become START assessors. Both are a great opportunity f...

Continuing professional development

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

News

Support for child health workforce needed after GMC says nearly 20% of paediatric trainees are at high risk of burnout

25 July 2024

Data published by the GMC on 25 July 2024 shows that paediatric trainees are reporting the third heaviest workload of all specialties for doctors in training, and that nearly 20% of trainees are at real risk of burnout.