Our biggest ever conference welcomed over 1,900 colleagues to the ICC Birmingham and almost 400 virtual delegates.
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Membership
Milestones: Finding the time'Twas the Milestones before Christmas... The winter edition of your member magazine is now out, with contributions on supporting professional activities, our rota gaps survey, service development and so much more.
Get involved in a College roleApplications are now open until 6 January for a host of roles, many of which support paediatric training - including to represent your fellow trainees, develop scenarios for our START assessment and review Portfolio Pathway applications. -
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.
The event kicked off in style with a welcome from Dr Camilla Kingdon, RCPCH President 2021-24.
This was followed by a presentation from the RCPCH &Us team of children and young people: a vital feature of the conference.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot CH, Director of USL Institute of Health Equity was the first keynote speaker on our main stage and discussed child health inequalities.
Monday afternoon saw Professor Miranda Wolpert talk on 'Creating a step change in early intervention for anxiety and depression' in her keynote plenary.
As always, delegates were able to unwind after a busy first day with conference welcome drinks taking place in the exhibition hall.
Early risers on Tuesday morning started the day with a 6.5km run led by former Vice President for Training and Assessment, Dr David Evans.
Dr Richard Scott, acting CEO for Genomics England, took to the main stage to deliver a keynote talk exploring genomics and linking clinical care to research.
Over 400 posters, showcasing the latest in research and best practice, were on display throughout the event in the Exhibition Hall and on the conference app.
Dr Ronny Cheung, consultant general paediatrician, delivered his plenary to a packed hall: 'Papers that change practice?' A paediatric generalist's quest to follow the science'.
An end of an era at the RCPCH as Dr Camilla Kingdon handed over the Presidency of the College to Professor Steve Turner.
The much-loved and always lively RCPCH Conference dinner took place on Tuesday evening with over 200 delegates in attendance.
This year's conference explored technological advances in health care, and Dr Umang Patel's talk looked at the general purpose artificial intelligence (AI) in paediatrics.
Such a well-attended conference added to the buzz of the Exhibition Hall, with many organisations showcasing their work.
A truly diverse event, delegates could also make the most of a selection of workshops and specialist symposia being delivered throughout the three days.
Delegates from across the UK and around the world enjoyed the networking opportunities Conference had to offer, whether it was online via the app or in the venue!
We also celebrated the next generation of aspiring paediatricians. Each year we give foundation doctors passionate about a career in paediatrics one-day free access to RCPCH Conference.
The final talk of this year's event reflected on the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for children and young people, delivered by Dr Hilary Cass.