Final plenary of the day at #RCPCH26. Delivering the Illingworth-Rees lecture, reflecting on the last 40 years of family justice, is Mr Justice Williams, chair of the Family Justice Council's Committee on Experts.

It's time for the Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine session at #RCPCH26! Firstly, @alderhey.nhs.uk's Shirley Mulvaney is going to give us an asthma update.

Sam Jones leading some lunchtime learning at #RCPCH26 - mental health crisis presentations and admissions on the rise. Public health intervention helps - teen smoking has fallen from 30% to 2%. Suicide a leading cause of death in young people - population mortality on a par with malignancy.

Time for first breakout session - John Wright and Sunil Bhopal are here to tell us about Bradford's Age of Wonder, and open with a round of introductions with everyone in the room #RCPCH26

RCPCH &Us reps highlight last year's Voice of the Nation project. Children and young people are 25% of the population and 100% of the future. Listen to them. #RCPCH26 www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/vo...

Voice of the Nation: What helps children and young people to be healthy, happy and well? - 2025

Over the last year, RCPCH &Us have been working with children and young people across the UK to find out what matters to them to improve their health and the services that support them. Over 3000 chil...

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Getting "fit for the future" by prioritising community-based primary prevention is not exactly a novel concept, points out @rcpch.bsky.social President #RCPCH26

Disappointed to see so much AI slop in @rcpch.bsky.social President's opening presentation at #RCPCH26 - not sure this fits with the College's Net Zero strategy?

Obligatory poster selfie for my appraisal portfolio #RCPCH26

BIRMINGHAM I AM IN YOU Time to find coffee en route to #RCPCH26

A very good morning to everybody who is also spamming their work group chat with ePosters from #RCPCH26 whilst travelling to sunny Birmingham