The Place for Paediatricians

Professor Victor Neale was a leading paediatrician and respected teacher at a time when the specialty was growing rapidly and employing new professional skills, knowledge and attitudes. The benefits of these developments might be more fully realized by the establishment of a college of Paediatricians. But the consequential loss of affinity with the general medicine of adults and the Royal Colleges of Physicians could weaken the power of the medical profession to maintain the highest standards of medical practice.