We focus on promoting the field of children's nursing, ensuring children are cared for in appropriate settings - by practitioners who recognise the needs of children and young people.
CYP: Professional Issues Forum
Helping to lead and advance practice with children, young people and families
CYP: Preventative Health, Advocacy and Welfare Forum
The CYP Professional Issues forum is under revision and will be relaunched in January 2026 as the CYP: Preventative Health, Advocacy and Welfare Forum. The focus will be on the societal, safeguarding, sexual and mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with or without additional needs, together with professional issues common to all CYP nursing. For more information see: CYP Forum steering committee appointments.
What we do
Resources
Events
Read more about upcoming children and young people conferences, workshops and study days hosted by the RCN.
Library subject guide
Discover key CYP information resources including books, reports and journal articles
Further resources
RCN resources
- Join an RCN Children and Young People Forum. Download this flyer to see the benefits of joining an RCN CYP forum.
Other resources
- Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe (PNAE).
- RCPCH (2025). Safeguarding Children and Young People & Children and Young People in Care: competencies for health care staff. This intercollegiate document has been published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). Co-produced and endorsed by the RCN as well as other Royal Colleges, it incorporates a review and update of two documents.
- RCPCH (2025). Facing the Future - standards for children and young people in emergency care settings
- RCPCH (2025). Supporting school attendance - a role for all healthcare practitioners
News and views
I am a children's nurse
Join the RCN Children and Young People Forums Facebook Group
RCN Facebook groups are a place where you can get involved in honest and open discussions on the issues that affect you and your field of practice.
I really enjoyed the recent strategy day, it was great for networking. I found that time away from work made me really think about my current role and possible improvements we could make this year.
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