From the CEO
I hope that this review gives you a sense of what
This report hopefully gives you a flavour of the
the College has achieved in this past year and in
advocacy and policy work we have completed,
particular, how we collaborated so closely with our
speaking up on behalf
members and many other partners in healthcare.
people on a wide range of issues such as the
Amid the intense efforts made by our volunteers
importance of returning to school, free meals and
and staff to respond to the service and clinical
of course, on their health and wellbeing.
of children and young
needs during the pandemic, I’m pleased that we were able to continue supporting many of our
2020 was a year like no other, and exceptionally
usual activities by moving rapidly online.
difficult and harsh for many in paediatrics. However, we did also innovate and changed some aspects
Our members made sure that we did not lose sight
of our work for the better.
of important, non-COVID matters such as the
I hope you enjoy the review
programme of work to tackle the issues relating
and
to equality, diversity and inclusion. Our first report
feedback.
we
welcome
your
on this was published last year and we now have a clear action plan in place.
Jo Revill RCPCH CEO
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