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Northern Ireland

Members working in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are represented at College Council by the Officer for Ireland - find out useful contacts and activity on your College region's web page

Event

State of Child Health Summit: From evidence to action

21 January 2027

Manchester

Six months after the launch of RCPCH's State of Child Health report, join us in Manchester for a day focused on one key question: how do we turn evidence into action for children and young people? Bringing together paediatricians, policymakers, researchers, public health leaders, local government re...

Document

Remote and rural services: Evidence and case studies

Paediatric services in remote and rural areas of the UK face particular challenges, including limited service availability, recruitment difficulties, funding pressures and health inequalities. We explored the evidence and available service data, alongside three case studies of regional hospitals. We...

Health policy

Service design

Workforce

Event

Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Training Day - October

13 October 2027

Online

This event is for RCPCH members representing the College on an AAC. The AAC Assessor acts on behalf of the College to approve the job description and to take part in shortlisting and interview for recruiting substantive consultant posts in the NHS.

Advisory Appointments Committee

Event

Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Training Day - June

17 June 2027

Online

Advisory Appointments Committee

Committee

Education and Learning Board

The Education and Learning Board (ELB) was established in October 2021 and reports to the Education and Training Executive. The Board provides strategic leadership for all the education and professional development activity, such as courses, digital learning and CPD programmes. As the educational la...

Document

Developing general paediatric outpatient skills: standards for resident doctors and educational supervisors

This guidance is for paediatric resident doctors, supervisors and training programme leads. It outlines the expected outpatient experience throughout training and provides recommendations to support consistent, high-quality learning opportunities. Use this resource for planning, delivering and evalu...

Paediatric training

Service design

Resource

Mini Mouth Care Matters programme: Toolkit and implementation for oral health

Two practical resources from the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) and RCPCH support child health professionals to make oral health part of every contact with children, young people and their families.

Oral health

Public health

Volunteering opportunity

Education and Learning Board: Clinical Lead roles

Closing date

30 November 2026

This board works with our Education and Professional Development team to develop and deliver the RCPCH education portfolio. We are currently looking for two Clinical Leads: for CPD and Safeguarding Courses.

Continuing professional development

Safeguarding

Resource

State of Child Health 2026: Northern Ireland - Quick read

State of Child Health 2026 provides an overview of children’s health across the UK, analysing progress against 12 key child health indicators, and sets out a roadmap for change. By placing children at the centre of policy, funding and service design, Northern Ireland can build a health system that g...

Health policy

News

Children’s health in Northern Ireland in ‘shocking decline’ warn paediatricians

7 September 2026

Children in Northern Ireland are experiencing worsening outcomes in areas such as obesity, mental health, asthma and even infant mortality.