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Announcement

College announcements - especially for our members, exam candidates and those who support paediatric training

News

New Year Honours 2024

30 December 2023

The New Year Honours list has been announced celebrating contributions to supporting children and young people from across the country.

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��/NPPG publish a new guideline on medicine safety

14 December 2023

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group Joint Standing Committee on Medicines (��-NPPG) have produced a new clinical practice guideline on medication safety, with recommendations on effective paediatric ward rounds.

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Professor Steve Turner elected as new �� President

12 December 2023

Professor Steve Turner will be the next President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and will succeed Dr Camilla Kingdon in spring 2024.

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New �� Treasurer appointed for January 2024 start

1 December 2023

�� is pleased to announce that Dr Alison Steele has been appointed as Treasurer to take office on 24 January 2024 when Dr Liz Marder demits on 23 of that month.

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Announcing a new paediatric Multi-Source Feedback tool

30 November 2023

The General Medical Council has approved this new MSF tool for use as of Monday, 4 December 2023. This has been developed with and tested by paediatric doctors in training.

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�� brings together international paediatric associations in letter to COP28 Presidency

30 November 2023

For the first time, global leaders will be looking at international action on climate and health at COP28’s Health Day. �� have issued a letter to the COP28 Presidency and Health team, urging the prioritisation of child health in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

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Milestones magazine for members – winter 2023

30 November 2023

In this issue we look at child health inequalities in a broad sense. We explore how climate change anxiety can have an effect on children and young people's mental health and we hear from members on patient safety and resolving conflicts.

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�� announces two new Trustees

29 November 2023

�� is delighted to announce two new appointments to their Board of Trustees, Taona Makunganya (pictured left) and Dr Sunil Bhopal (pictured right).

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�� joins call for politicians to take bold action on clean air

24 November 2023

�� have supported the development of an open letter calling on all political parties to recognise the importance of clean air

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�� publishes a summary of children and young people’s perspectives on how to tackle climate change

20 November 2023

The summary brings together the Children and Young People’s (CYP) key recommendations from the recent �� report, Preserving the world for future generations, and aims to provide decision makers and paediatricians with a digestible summary of our evidence.