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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.
Introduced by our President and Chair of Trainees Committee
With messages from our President, Board Chair and CEO, we outline how we developed our strategy, and how it helps ensure we are prepared, resilient and adaptable.
Our vision is a world where every child is healthy and well.
Our mission is to advance child health practice, shape policy, set educational standards and empower paediatricians. We are led by insights from our members, children and young people.
Our values are to include, influence, innovate and inspire.
Our mission is to advance child health practice, shape policy, set educational standards and empower paediatricians. We are led by insights from our members, children and young people.
Our values are to include, influence, innovate and inspire.
Over our three-year strategy, these aim to free up our time and resources, which can in turn be used to create greater impact for our members and for child health.
Our enablers:
- Improve the member experience
- Improve the offer for members with College roles and staff
- Enable efficiencies and diversify our income
- To advance the art and science of Paediatrics
- To raise the standard of medical care provided to children
- To educate and examine those concerned with the health of children
- To advance the education of the public (and in particular medical practitioners) in child health, the prevention of illness and disease in children and safeguarding their optimal development