Information Governance team

The Information Governance team is responsible for overseeing information management at the College including:

compliance with UK data protection legislation and other information legislation
records management of electronic and physical records to maintain the authenticity, reliability, integrity and usability of College records
working with external partners, including NHS Digital, Information Commissioners Office and Health Research Authority
completing the NHS Digital Data Security and Protection Toolkit
overseeing the Data Protection Committee
managing, promoting and collecting the historical archives.

The Data Protection Officer sits in this team and is currently working on a three-year GDPR programme to bring the College in line with new data protection obligations, while supporting members through guidance and updates on the website.

The team can be contacted at information.governance@rcpch.ac.uk.

For more information about how the College uses your personal data, please see our website privacy notice and membership privacy notice.

Recent content

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Data protection complaints

The UK General Data Protection Regulation gives data subjects the right to complain about how their personal data is handled. This page sets out how to make a data protection complaint and what to expect. This process is specifically for data protection complaints and not general complaints.

Governance and regulation

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Privacy notice - Training videos and images

We are hugely grateful to the individuals who contribute to the videos and images we use in our essential training and exam resources to enable us to assess and train individuals in recognising and treating child health conditions. This privacy notice explains how we protect your personal data, h...

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Privacy hub - RCPCH and your data

We want to be completely open about how we use and protect your data. This page links to the privacy notices for all College activities and for associated organisations. We also link to our page that explains the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and your data rights.

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Cataloguing the National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation Collection

28 November 2025

This blog tells the story of Reye’s syndrome, a rare but serious illness, and how the National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation’s work contributed to improving awareness and understanding of this disease. By preserving the Foundation’s records in our archive, we document this legacy and show how the advoc...

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Subject archives guide - Reye’s Syndrome

Our subject guides on a range of child health topics are for researchers interested in child health and the history of paediatrics. Reye's syndrome is an example of a rare disease which occurs in children.

History and archive

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Privacy notice - Epilepsy12 audit for families

Looking after your data properly and keeping it safe is important to us. Epilepsy12 is a national project which helps epilepsy services to improve the care they give to the children and young people they look after. The Royal College of Child and Paediatric Health (RCPCH) are commissioned by the He...

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Privacy notice - Audit platform users

Protecting the data of the people who participate in clinical audits is of utmost importance to us. RCPCH manages a number of clinical audits on behalf of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). This privacy notice details how we process and protect your personal data in line with UK ...

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Privacy notice - Specialty Trainee Assessment of Readiness for Tenure (START)

Protecting the privacy and personal data of our START candidates and assessors is highly important to us. Your data will be handled with the utmost care and confidentiality. The following explains how the RCPCH uses any information you give to us and the way we protect your privacy and comply with U...

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Data protection and confidentiality policy

This policy outlines how the College complies with UK Data Protection legislation.

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A brief history of vaccines

24 April 2025

Globally, immunisation has saved six lives every minute since 1974, a total of over 154 million, including 101 million under-5s. It is thought that vaccines are responsible for a 40% reduction in childhood mortality. As World Immunisation Week begins, we are looking back on the history of vaccines a...