Consultant

Course

European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS) course

EPALS is an advanced course that trains healthcare professionals in the early recognition of the child in respiratory or circulatory failure and management of a cardiac arrest. EPALS provides the knowledge and skills needed to prevent further deterioration and help to save young lives.

Area of medicine

Care setting

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�鶹��ý Ambassadors - supporting advocacy for children and young people locally and nationally in England

Ambassadors are volunteer �鶹��ý members who use their clinical expertise and local knowledge to help create positive change. They share local information with the College on whether and how health systems are meeting the needs of children and young people. And, they advocate for both children’s serv...

Service design

Workforce

Volunteering opportunity

College Specialty Advisory Committees: Members

Closing date

13 July 2026

The CSACs supervise the development and delivery of sub-specialty training. We have vacancies in hepatology and nutrition, neonatal medicine, nephrology, rheumatology and gastroenterology.

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

News

Getting to grips with climbing as a family

25 January 2022

Dr John McCabe is a Consultant Paediatrician, married with four-year-old and two-year-old sons. He is a member of the British Mountaineering Council and has been climbing for over 20 years. Here, he shares his love of climbing, and advises how best to ensure your children are safe and healthy if you...

News

From infectious disease research to climate change bootcamp: why I got involved in the College’s Climate Change Working Group

18 January 2022

Dr Dayo Ajayi-Obe is a Consultant Paediatrician at Hammersmith Hospital and a member of the international stream of the College’s Climate Change Working Group. In her blog, she details her experiences in research and the links between climate change and the spread of infectious diseases.

Resource

Epilepsy12 & OPEN UK National Conference 2021 resources

The fourth annual Epilepsy12 & Organisation of Paediatric Epilepsy Networks (OPEN UK) national conference took place on 14 September 2021. Over 150 health professionals came together to discuss improving paediatric epilepsy care. This was the second conference successfully hosted in an online format...

Neurology

Epilepsy

Quality improvement

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Reasonable adjustments policy - education and training activities

The �鶹��ý is committed to providing support and fair opportunity to all. As a member, you are entitled to request reasonable adjustments for College education and training activities. We will fully consider all requests and inform you if supporting evidence is needed. The purpose of this policy i...

Continuing professional development

Paediatric sub-specialty

Paediatric training

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) - Member briefing on new NICE guideline

On 31 October 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated version of the ME/CFS clinical guideline. The �鶹��ý consulted on the guideline and met with NICE as they worked with patient groups and representative organisations to finalise the guideline. This b...

Community child health

General paediatrics

Safeguarding

Resource

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

Resource

Medicine dosing in childhood obesity

UK Medicines Information service (UKMI) in conjunction with the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG) have produced updated guidance on how to dose medication in children who are obese.

Drugs and medicines

Obesity

Patient safety