Our latest plan focuses on ways that we can further embed EDI into everything that we do.
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Membership
Getting adolescent and young adults health rightWant to ensure your services and health support are engaging for this population? Join our two-session online course on 16 and 17 October.
Community building in MilestonesThe latest issue of your member magazine shines a light on connections - with contributions from Visiting Fellows, senior members on planning for retirement and more. -
Education and careers
Assessment - the rationale for changeWe 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. -
Work we do
Invited reviewsWe deliver clinically-led peer reviews to healthcare organisations, providing independent, objective expert advice and external assurance on your clinical services and quality of care. -
Resources
Flexible working data and guidanceOur new resource presents insights on flexible working patterns from 2015 to 2025, UK legislation and NHS guidance. Plus, paediatricians' experiences balancing clinical life, aspirations and personal wellbeing.
Spotlight on the child health workforce in EnglandOur 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. -
Key topics
Strengthening children’s community health servicesMore 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. -
News and events
Vaccination access, uptake and equityOver the last decade, the uptake of vaccines in the UK has stalled and is in many cases falling: this is extremely concerning. Our policy reports shows how we can restore and sustain high immunisation coverage.
Grand Round 2025-26Register for our new fortnightly series of free, one-hour webinars, which replicate the 'Grand Round' that takes place in many hospitals. Each will feature an expert-led presentation on clinical and professional paediatric practice, followed by a live Q&A.
Engaging with children and young people course in BelfastJoin our full-day course on Tuesday 23 September at the Mac Belfast, where you'll learn the theory, try age and stage appropriate engagement tools and see how to use voice data in your service.
This two-year programme of work focused on four key topics: working lives of paediatricians; health outcomes for children and young people; College volunteering and awards; and our College.
Our first action plan from 2020 looked at ways to open up volunteer roles to better reflect the diversity of our membership.
EDI is a key priority at the College. We outline why we undertake this work and how we stay accountable.
An insight into our year-long mentoring programme, pairing members from an underrepresented background with one of our College Officers.
We provide a central repository of resources to support our members in all things EDI.
Diversity data of our members and volunteers
We are committed to becoming a more inclusive organisation. We need data to understand representation across our membership which we can then use to advance equal opportunities in College work. As of November 2023, all users are prompted to complete their diversity profile when they first log into the website.