Our mission is to transform child health through knowledge, innovation and expertise.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is one of the Medical Royal Colleges. They have a role in role in postgraduate medical education and professional standards: setting syllabuses for postgraduate training in paediatrics, overseeing the training, running examinations, organising courses and conferences, issuing guidance and conducting research.
The RCPCH provides the following:
- Responsible for postgraduate training of paediatricians in the UK, and run the membership (MRCPCH) and Diploma of Child Health examinations.
- Work with partners to improve child health through research, standards, quality improvement and policy, in the UK and globally. They directly involve children, young people and families in our programmes.
- Support all their members with a package of unique benefits. These include access to multidisciplinary educational programmes, including face-to-face courses and e-learning resources.
- Engage with the media, government, NHS, charities and other stakeholders, and work across the UK - Scotland,Wales, Ireland and England.