General practitioner

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Epilepsy12 and OPEN UK national conference 2022 resources

The fifth annual Epilepsy12 and Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference took place on 21 September 2022. You can find conference resources and more information about the event on this page.

Neurodisability

Neurology

Epilepsy

Quality improvement

News

From GP to Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Intensive Care - children are great patients

5 January 2022

"Like I did, check out the #ChoosePaediatrics programme, consider an application to the specialty, and I hope one day we will work together", says Dr Kish Gandhi, who introduces January's theme of the month - that children are great patients - and tells us how he chose paediatrics after qualifying a...

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Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers

Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with free access to information leaflets on over 200 medicines, videos and news.

Drugs and medicines

Patient information

News

Why we chose Python for the RCPCH Digital Growth Charts project

30 January 2021

When Dr Marcus Baw and colleagues set out to develop a new API for growth charts, they knew they'd have pick a technology with which to build a server. But which to choose? Here's why Python is the best programming language for this project.

News

We need to address staff shortages across the child health workforce

11 March 2020

Staff shortages are among the most high-profile issues facing the NHS today—a scarcity that is felt within the paediatrics workforce.

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Workforce census: Focus on vulnerable children and families paediatric workforce (2020)

This report, published in January 2020, focuses on lead roles concerning safeguarding, the child death service, looked after children (LAC) and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

Community child health

Community services

Workforce

Workforce census

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GP streaming and impact on patient flow in the ED - winter pressures case study

Dr Michael McCarron, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grid Registrar (ST8) from Sheffield Children’s Hospital, outlines the introduction of a GP streaming model and its impact on patient flow through the emergency department.

Service design

Winter planning

Resource

The future of primary care in Scotland - consultation response

In August 2019 RCCPH Scotland responded to the Scottish Government Health and Sport Committee Inquiry, The future of primary care in Scotland.

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QI Central - our website for sharing quality improvement experience and expertise

Our website aims to support child health professionals’ understanding and practice of embedding QI in their work environments. It features resources and examples of interventions in patient-centred care, medicines and systems of care.

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Consultant paediatrician link with GP - Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital

This page provides a best practice example for standard 3 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which describes how general paediatric referrals are seen in a community setting by a consultant paediatrician and a GP with a special interest in Aberdeen. The joint paediatric commu...

Primary care

Facing the Future - care outside the hospital

Integrated care

Models of care

Service planning