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Position statement

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Winter pressures in children’s emergency care settings - position statement

We are familiar with the stresses on emergency departments (EDs) each winter. Each child and young person who needs unscheduled care should have access to services that are high-quality, safe and effective. In this joint position statement from ��, RCEM and RCN, we recommend a whole system a...

Emergency medicine

Service design

Winter planning

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Rights of migrant, refugee, stateless and undocumented children - our position (2019)

As outlined in the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to voice, protection, health and education. We urge all states to recognise and realise their obligation to children's access to healthcare.

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Supporting professionals to have healthier weight conversations - consensus statement

We agree to work collaboratively with various organisations to use collective resources and influence in supporting the public health workforce to have healthier weight conversations.

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Establishing a correct diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility type (hEDS) in children and adolescents – position statement

As of July 2025, this content is under review and not available. If you have any questions, please contact the �� Health Policy team on health.policy@rcpch.ac.uk.

Rheumatology

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International work and repressive regimes - position statement

�� is fully committed to the universal imperative of supporting the health and welfare of infants, children and young people regardless of where they happen to be in the world, as consistent with the articles of constitution of the College. �� is an independent charitable organisation and is n...

Global child health

Examinations

Governance and regulation

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The use of unlicensed medicines or licensed medicines for unlicensed applications in paediatric practice

This statement, originally produced in 2000, was updated in 2013 by the Joint Standing Committee on Medicines, a committee of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group. The update reflects changes in European (including UK) law that aim to facil...

Drugs and medicines

General paediatrics

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Using standardised concentrations of unlicensed liquid medicines in children - joint position statement

The Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (��) strongly recommend that when children require liquid medications, they should receive the �� and NPPG recommended concentrations, where one exists. There are currently 13 such recommend...

Drugs and medicines

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Use of delayed prescriptions of antibiotics for infants and children - statement

The aim of this evidence-based statement is to summarise the current knowledge about delayed prescriptions (also called backup prescriptions) for antibiotics and to highlight the special issues that must be taken into account when considering the need for a delayed prescription in infants and childr...

Drugs and medicines

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

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Learning together to improve child health - joint position paper

This paper from �� 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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Child protection medical examination for young people aged 16-18 years - position statement

This position statement aims to clarify the role of paediatricians and provide advice for commissioners in relation to the provision of child protection/safeguarding health services for children aged 16-18 years.

Adolescent health

Safeguarding

Child protection