Child health research matters to medicine - part 1 of 2

<p>We consider the importance of research to clinical practice in child health. This is the first of a two-part conversation between Professor Paul Dimitri, our Vice President for Science & Research, and Emily Arkell, Director of Research & Policy - and the fourth of our 'in conversation' series on the <a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/about-us/college-strategy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">College strategy 2021-24</a>.</p> <p>One of our aims is to harness knowledge, data and intelligence to improve the quality of care in paediatrics, and we do this through a range of <a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/quality-improvement-patient-safety" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quality improvement programmes</a> and <a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/work-we-do/research-activities" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">support of child health research</a>. Almost a quarter of England's population is under 20 years of age, but they consume just 11% of the NHS budget. Just 5% of health research in the UK over a recent five-year period was on children and young people, and there are fewer clinical academic paediatricians than 10 years ago. So how can we encourage investment in child health research?</p> <p><a href= "https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2022-11/transcript_part_1_child_health_research-podcast.pdf"> Download full transcript</a></p> <p> </p>