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The pension tax legislation introduced in 2016 has had an unforeseen impact on senior clinicians and poses a risk to the health service - and to its patients. In this blog, Policy Officer Grace Brown describes the impact of the pension tax rules on paediatrics and calls for a sustainable and fair so...

The pension tax legislation introduced in 2016 has had an unforeseen impact on senior clinicians in the NHS. In this blog, RCPCH Vice President for Education and Professional Development Camilla shares her experience of receiving a pension tax bill and urges all doctors to take a careful look at the...

Through key objective questions, the census allows for essential information about the UK’s paediatric services to be collected and reported for workforce planning and associated activities. The findings also act as a measure against current standards and guidance.

Today it was confirmed by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of the NHS, that a short term solution to the pensions tax crisis has been agreed.

Ministers and NHS leaders have signed off on an interim plan to address the pensions tax issue affecting doctors who take on extra hours.

Today the General Medical Council (GMC) published ‘Caring for doctors, caring for patients’, which sets out an ambitious and welcome vision for a health service that supports doctors’ wellbeing and patient safety.

With the UK general election on the horizon, we have an opportunity to make our case, explains Russell, for urgent action on the challenges facing both our workforce and the children and young people we support.

We use expert-agreed standards to determine how many consultant paediatricians the UK needs to deliver safe and quality care. We estimate that we need an additional 856 whole time equivalent consultants.

RCPCH participated in a consultation by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges about proposals to reform the NHS Pension Scheme.