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Workforce Information - Deep dive on bed occupancy in Devolved Nations, Winter 2025

We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. Previously, we examined bed occupancy throughout England and for our fourth data 'deep dive', we review bed occupancy rates once again but this time across Scotland...

Data

Workforce

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Workforce information - Deep dive on consultant and SAS doctors, Spring 2024

We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. In this first of our 'deep dives' into the data, we review the consultant and SAS doctors workforce, both in headcount and full time equivalent (FTE) working across...

Research

Workforce

Document

Workforce Information - Deep dive on Sickness absence rates, Summer 2024

We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. In our second 'deep dive' into the data, we review sickness and absence in England from 2018-2023.

Workforce

Document

Workforce pressures in winter - supporting paediatrics in local settings

We continue to call on national governments to support paediatrics and child health for winter periods. Some of you may wish to raise these issues in your local settings and may find the points below useful. We have also pulled together a range of resources to support you and colleagues on the groun...

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

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Workforce reports archive - 1999 to 2024

The RCPCH (as the British Paediatric Association) undertook its first census of the paediatric workforce in 1986 and has completed a biennial census since 1999. These reports give an opportunity to see changes in the paediatric workforce over the years.

Workforce

Workforce census

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Working in fragile and conflict-affected states - position statement

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is mandated by its mission statement to support improving child health in the UK and around the world. Our current College strategy includes continuing high-quality programme delivery, with increasing awareness of our high-impact humanitarian activit...

Global child health

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Northern Ireland 2024

Our report, published April 2024, provides an analysis of paediatric outpatient waiting lists in Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2023. There is a large and growing number of children on paediatric outpatient waiting lists in NI. RCPCH highlights this worrying trajectory and makes policy recommendation...

Children and young people's voice

Service design

Winter planning

Workforce

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Scotland 2024

This report, published March 2024, provides an analysis of paediatric waiting times data in Scotland from October 2012 to September 2023. The report contains data on waits for paediatric outpatients, inpatients and day cases and outlines our recommendations on how to support the child health workfor...

Children and young people's voice

Service design

Service planning

Workforce

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Worried and waiting: A review of paediatric waiting times in Wales 2024

This bilingual report, published February 2024, provides an analysis of ‘paediatric pathway’ waiting times data in Wales from 2016-2023, with a spotlight on the last year. The report contains recommendations for the Welsh Government, Health Boards and Health Education and Improvement Wales, which if...

Children and young people's voice

Public affairs and campaigning

Service design

Service planning

Workforce

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Worried and waiting in Scotland: One year on - briefing (2025)

In March 2024, we published our analysis of paediatric waiting times for outpatients, inpatients and day cases in paediatrics in Scotland from 2012 to 2023. One year on, we examine these waiting times for the period, September 2023 to September 2024, in our briefing, which you can download below.

Service design

Workforce