天美传媒

天美传媒 Representing nurses and nursing, promoting excellence in practice, shaping health policies

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Our work

Our strategy and how we represent our forum members

  • Providing leadership to the forum through the committee.
  • Promoting CYP acute care professional activities.
  • Engaging in CYP related consultations on behalf of the RCN and membership.
  • Promoting safe and effective CYP acute care.
  • Engaging in relevant RCN campaigns.

How we represent forum members

  • Setting the agenda for the strategic direction of the forum and the communities who work within it.
  • Shaping, driving and developing nursing practice, thereby providing opportunities for support, advice and professional development.
  • Being a voice for the forum's members.
  • Advising, influencing and informing decision-making to influence current and future health and social policy in the UK and internationally.
  • Facilitating the work of the forum's communities to include operational plans, project bids and Congress activities.
  • Promoting collaborative working across the forum's communities and with external organisations. 

Forum Committee

Committee members have a wide range of specialist interests, experience in practice and representation across the UK whenever possible. View our Committee members.

How to get involved

If you’re interested in joining the forum or want to know more about supporting us as one of our Specialist Interest Link Roles then please contact us at cypadmin@rcn.org.uk

The forum focuses on nursing children and young people (CYP) in all acute settings, from emergency departments and assessment centres to clinical inpatient units in secondary and tertiary centres, clinical specialist roles working at enhanced and advanced practice levels, neonatal and paediatric critical care units and transport services. We also inform work that goes across the three CYP Forums in a collaborative way. This includes professional issues such as workforce, education and the wellbeing of all nursing roles that support children and young people.

Other organisations we work with

  • Association for Chief Children’s Nurses
  • Association of British Paediatric Nurses
  • Neonatal Nursing Association
  • Professional Nurses Association of Europe
  • Queen’s Inst Community Nursing
  • Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity
  • Royal College of Physicians and Child Health
  • School and Public Health Nurses’ Association
  • Starlight Children’s Foundation
  • The Children and Young People’s Cancer Association
  • Together For Short Lives
  • WellChild

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Page last updated - 13/01/2026