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Double pressure of winter and workforce shortages highlighted in new report

20 December 2018

The �鶹ӰԺ has today launched a report in response to severe workforce pressures faced by paediatric units across the UK.

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Winter pressures - views from children, young people and families

"What does the term, 'winter pressures' mean to you?" We put this question to children, young people and families. Here are some of their comments.

Children and young people's voice

Facing the Future - emergency care

Service planning

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

Document

Winter pressures - survey results (2018)

We asked members and colleagues in Emergency Departments about the challenges they face going into winter. Here are our core findings and full survey results.

Facing the Future - emergency care

Service planning

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

Resource

Winter pressures - our recommendations

We pledge to help our members be the voice for children in winter pressure plans across the whole system. Our recommendations and actions are based on our survey of members and their colleagues working in Emergency Departments (ED) that treat children across the UK.

Service design

Facing the Future - emergency care

Service planning

Winter planning

Workforce

Wellbeing for health professionals

News

�鶹ӰԺ announces audit of emergency standards with new toolkit

12 December 2018

Dr John Criddle, Chair of the RCPCH Intercollegiate Committee for Standards for Children in Emergency Care Settings, responds to the news.

News

�鶹ӰԺ responds to GMC's National Training Survey - 2018

30 November 2018

RCPCH President says paediatricians are finding it hard to find the time to learn and develop their skills and are experiencing high levels of stress and exhaustion - "it cannot be right."

Resource

Learning together to improve child health - joint position paper

This paper from RCPCH and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on inter-professional training advocates that GP and paediatric trainees work side by side in order to share ideas and learn from each other.

Continuing professional development

Paediatric training

Service design

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Shaping the future of paediatric care - introducing Paediatrics 2040

8 November 2018

We have started work on our two-year project of enquiry, which will set a vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to the Government's 'prevention better than cure' announcement

5 November 2018

"We commend Government for their commitment" says Professor Russell Viner, but emphasises this will be difficult to achieve without a "significant expansion to the child health workforce".

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Have increased winter pressures made it more challenging to deliver paediatric emergency care?

25 October 2018

We have surveyed our members to understand their experiences of winter pressures in Emergency Departments that treat children.