The call is made in the RCPCH’s new set of service standards — Facing the Future: Standards for Paediatric Services — which sets out minimum requirements for all general paediatric services.
The 10 standards address the timeliness of care, the grade of doctors who can review and discharge children, the availability of consultant input, the minimum number of doctors required for safe rotas as well as doctor's responsibilities in respect to child protection services.
Professor Terence Stephenson, RCPCH president, said: "At this time of difficulty in many paediatric services, I am proud of the fact that paediatricians are laying down a marker and setting the standards by which all children and young people should be treated.
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