We work in partnership with national and charitable bodies, paediatric sub-specialty groups, paediatricians, clinical managers and networks - as well as children, young people and their families - to drive improvements in paediatrics services. Our QI programmes, including , aim to support clinical improvement at both local and national levels.
We support members and the wider child health workforce to be at the forefront of continuous quality improvement through the online sharing hub .
Our enables health professionals to explore patient safety theory, learn about the NHS patient safety syllabus and access summaries of the latest alerts and reports, and our bi-monthly .
Find out more on our QI and patient safety pages.
Recent content
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Optimising electronic prescribing and medicine administration (EPMA) systems – patient safety spotlight
30 April 2026
Safe and effective dose management in EPMA systems varies significantly across the UK, posing a significant risk of harm to infants, children and young people. This blog summarises an RCPCH/NPPG Joint Medicines Committee position statement that outlines the key factors leading to variation in these ...
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Safe and effective dose management in electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems
This position statement is made on behalf of the Joint RCPCH and NPPG Medicines Committee. The Medicines Committee is a collaborative standing committee with joint membership between Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacy Group (NPPG).
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Driving safer transfusions with SHOT - patient safety spotlight
13 November 2025
Since 1996, the UK’s Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) haemovigilance scheme has analysed safety incidents, revealing that children are disproportionately affected by errors and reactions.
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Trainee voices on building safer care for children - patient safety spotlight
28 August 2025
In this blog, eight paediatricians in training and four aspiring paediatricians — from medical students to senior registrars — share their perspectives on paediatric safety, reflecting on five key areas.
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Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) updates from the UK nations - patient safety spotlight
23 June 2025
Colleagues share the journey of the PEWS programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and England, reflecting on standardising across the many and varied types of units, and future plans for improvement across the nations.
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From the RCPCH Conference 2025 – patient safety spotlight
23 April 2025
A month on from the College’s conference in Glasgow (and online), our patient safety team of clinicians and staff recall the many inspiring and practical presentations and workshops on this theme.
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On Martha's Rule - patient safety spotlight
24 February 2025
By establishing patients' right to an independent review, this new rule now being tested in pilot sites across the country, can improve our ability as health professionals to recognise and respond to deterioration. We look at what this means for infants, children and young people.
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Martha's Rule - about
Martha’s Rule, now being piloted in England, enables staff, patients and their families to seek an independent medical review if they feel their concerns about a patient’s care are not being adequately addressed. This page explains the Rule and how it will be implemented across the UK, and will be r...
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Epilepsy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP) - our impact
The RCPCH EQIP ran from 2019 to 2024. Paediatric epilepsy teams in England and Wales learned about, implemented and shared quality improvement (QI) projects.
Our impact report explains how a whole team approach, co-production with children and young people and improved skills drive improvements i...
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Patient safety podcast 4 - Involving children, young people and their families
31 January 2024
Children and young people must be central to the co-design and co-production of patient safety improvement interventions. In this episode, we hear from Dr Victoria Dublon and Dr Jane Runnacles, champions of improvement work that puts the young person and their needs first.