Our autumn 2026 edition of Milestones is now out

This issue focuses on digital innovation and its ability to shape paediatrics, from how AI might be used across the education landscape to the many ways technology can support children and young people’s experience of healthcare.

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Can you help lead the College in 2027-30?

Applications are now open for President and for two Vice President roles focusing on policy and advocacy, or science and research.

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Join our technology conference

Building on the success of our first 'Digital Paediatrics' conference last autumn, we are partnering with NIHR on a two-day hybrid event on 2-3 December.

Find out more and register

A new toolkit for oral health

We've worked with the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry on the Mini Mouth Care Matters programme, helping to make oral health part of every contact.

See resources

Leading the way in children's health

Our ten-year strategy has four goals to support paediatricians' working lives and advocate for a healthier future for children and young people in the UK and internationally.

Our latest annual impact review sets out what we've achieved - together with you, our members, partners and children and young people.

Our strategy

Our annual impact review

Latest news and blogs

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Media response

9 October 2026

RCPCH responds to the Fonagy Review

The UK government published their independent review into the prevalence of mental health conditions, autism and ADHD, led by British psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist Peter Fonagy.

Small baby in hospital bed with arms in air, next to a card reading 'Today I am four weeks old'

Media response

8 October 2026

RCPCH welcomes recommendations to strengthen neonatal data

We welcome the publication of the latest National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) report, and are pleased to see improvement across a range of NNAP reported measures.

Photographs of Tina Sajjanhar and Carrie Mackenzie

Announcement

7 October 2026

Reviewing the MRCPCH Clinical exam: shaping the future of clinical assessment

RCPCH Officer for Examinations, Dr Carrie Mackenzie and MRCPCH Clinical Examination Chair, Dr Tina Sajjanhar introduce proposed changes to this exam and your chance to participate in our consultation from 13 October.

Podcast

7 October 2026

Building Capacity 1: Routes to get involved in research - podcast

Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series from the Trainee Research Network, Building Capacity: Past, Present and Future. Across three episodes, Dr Leila Ellis speaks with paediatricians about ways to make research more accessible to trainees and highlights opportunities to get involved...

Four SAS doctors (man, woman, man, woman) side by side on a blue background

Blog

6 October 2026

Celebrating SAS week 2026

SAS Week returns this week, celebrating the incredible contribution of Specialty, Associate Specialist and Specialist (SAS) doctors, and locally employed doctors, across paediatrics and child health.

Blog

5 October 2026

An interview with the winners of the PIER Award 2025

The RCPCH-NIHR PIER (Paediatric Involvement and Engagement in Research) is awarded in recognition of significant contributions to excellent patient engagement. We spoke with Dr David Ryan and Jennie Ellul about their winning project, Born in Bradford: Age of Wonder.