What the DCH really costs
The DCH costs £1,025 in exam fees at UK rates in 2027. Here are the fees, what a resit costs and the extra costs people forget.
Articles on the Diploma in Child Health (DCH): the Foundation of Practice paper, the DCH Clinical, dates, fees and how to prepare.
The DCH costs £1,025 in exam fees at UK rates in 2027. Here are the fees, what a resit costs and the extra costs people forget.
How the RCPCH sets the FOP pass mark, what your results show, when 2027 results should land and how the DCH Clinical is scored out of 192.
The RCPCH publishes pass rates for the FOP and the DCH Clinical. Here are the recent figures and the resit rules that start on 1 November 2026.
What IMGs need to know about the DCH: eligibility without GMC registration, sitting the FOP abroad or online, the online DCH Clinical, fees and attempts.
A week-by-week plan for the 17 February 2027 FOP at five to seven hours a week, from applying in the window to two timed mocks.
What each of the eight DCH Clinical stations tests, how the 160 out of 192 pass mark works, the online set-up and how to rehearse out loud.
DCH and MRCPCH candidates sit the same Foundation of Practice paper. What that means for a GP, how DCH candidates apply and how to prepare.
For a GP who sees a lot of children, the DCH examines exactly that work. Who can sit it, what the theory paper and the clinical test, where it helps a GP career and where it does not.

Foundation of Practice on 17 February, 23 June and 13 October 2027; DCH Clinical in May and November. Fees rising to £660, the new six-attempt rule from 1 November 2026, and pass marks.