SUSHRUTA
Journal of Health Policy & Opinions
RCPCH Responds to NHS Long Term Plan Goals - The Paediatrics
2040 Vision
Jo Revill
CEO, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
cite as:
Revill J. RCPCH Responds to NHS Long Term Plan Goals - The Paediatrics 2040 vision. Sushruta
2019 (Nov) vol12(1): 15 DOI: 10.38192/12.1.7
It gives me enormous pleasure to be able to attend and contribute to B PIO’s annual
conference, a time when doctors from the UK and abroad can come together to share ideas,
learnings and experience. Our College enjoys a membership of more than
19,000
paediatricians, with more than 20% working outside the UK and the EU. Our global health
work continues to grow: we work with local societies and volunteers in 18 countries to carry
out a very busy programme of examinations and training.
The College also has a humanitarian programme of work in low-income countries with UNICEF
and others, working with volunteers in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Myanmar, helping to
strength their systems to improve care for the youngest. Colleges must also ensure that they
can represent the breadth of their membership properly. We have set up an independent
group co-chaired by our international Officer, Dr Bhanu Williams, to look at how we maximise
opportunities for all of paediatrics, to ensure that we remain a diverse body and benefit from
all the skills and experience contained in our active and passionate membership body.
Over the past year, we have worked very hard to support the development and now
implementation of NHS England’s Long Term Plan, its ambitious blueprint setting out plans
for improvements of the service over the next decade. It was important for us that the
services for children and young people received considerable attention within this, setting
out clear pathways for more integrated and personalised services. There is now a
Transformation Board set up to implement the delivery of this plan, on which our President,
Professor Russell Viner, is vice- chair. The Long Term Plan work is our opportunity to
transform the way child health is delivered in the country, to ensure that there is proper
integration between services, with the resources they need to do the job properly.
Importantly, there is a big focus on meeting the mental health needs of so many young
people. As a College, we also work with governments and bodies in Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland as health is a devolved issue for each nation. We also publish The State of
Child Health annually, a document recording how progress is being made in a range of areas
in each nation where we need to see better outcomes.
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