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What does the annual HSJ Patient Safety Congress, where health professionals discuss current and future challenges in safety improvement, mean for children, young people and their families and for those working in paediatrics? Jonathan Bamber, Head of Quality Improvement and Dr Emma Vittery, QI Fell...

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) will be providing evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry on 12 December 2024.

We may be young as a Royal College, but with more than 23,000 members globally, we are achieving so much together. Steve is pleased to see our concerns reflected in this week's Darzi review into the NHS in England, which were detailed in our own 'blueprint'.

How can we make sure safety for all is core to our work with children, young people and their families? Dr Emma Vittery, new QI Fellow at RCPCH, highlights our expert resources and invites members to join our future QI Community.

NHS England tasked the RCPCH/NPPG Medicines Committee to improve the safety of liquid medicines during the transition from hospital to home care. This follows several serious incidents, including the death of a child due to confusion over liquid morphine strengths. Mistakes can occur because of t...

NHS England has announced the rollout of ‘Martha’s Rule’ in selected hospitals from April 2024.

Children and young people must be central to the co-design and co-production of patient safety improvement interventions. In this episode, we hear from Dr Victoria Dublon and Dr Jane Runnacles, champions of improvement work that puts the young person and their needs first.

It is not enough to collect data on harm occurring to children in healthcare settings. We need the data to be robust, comparable across the NHS and for it to be transformed into effective, meaningful changes in outcome. In this episode, we speak with Professor Damian Roland.

Our second episode in this series focuses on psychological safety in healthcare settings. This is the condition in which you feel safe to learn, safe to contribute and safe to challenge the status quo. Featuring Dr Dal Hothi and Dr Jess Morgan.