The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health are the membership body for paediatricians in the UK and around the world. Founded in 1996 and now with about 22,000 members in the UK and internationally, they play a major role in postgraduate medical education, professional standards, research and policy.

As well as essential work in education and career support for paediatricians, their staff and members work on a range of programmes to improve child health – from quality improvement to workforce studies, from research in the UK to global child health programmes.