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Health inequalities are the avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health outcomes between different groups of babies, children and young people. The drivers of health inequalities are the social, economic and environmental factors in which individuals live that have an impact on their heal...

Reducing child health inequalities is a priority for health services across all four nations. As a paediatrician, you can offer your unique perspectives to influence how this can be achieved, ensuring that children and young people's needs are at the heart of service design. We provide a templa...

The influence of poverty on children’s health and wellbeing is undeniable. With insight from paediatricians, children and young people, we outline our position on health inequalities to Government, and provide paediatricians with tools to make a difference. We need to #ShiftTheDial

A joint statement from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change and The Lancet Countdown on how growing extreme heat in the UK and across Europe is threatening people’s health.

The Welsh NHS Confederation Health and Wellbeing Alliance has published a comprehensive report ‘Mind the gap: what’s stopping change?’, on why the current cost of living crisis is a health crisis and the health impact of growing inequalities across Wales.

This week Camilla joined a symposium with an inspiring, energised group of professionals to look at the health inequalities identified in the 'Born in Bradford' programme - so how can we spread such ideas more widely?

On 12 July 2022, the End Child Poverty Coalition, a coalition of charities of which RCPCH is a member, published statistics outlining rates of child poverty across the UK.

Camilla reflects on a busy week advocating for children within the Greener NHS and sustainability panel discussion at NHSConfed Expo. She also flags a couple of opportunities for members to share views on air pollution and the current cost of living crisis.

NHS England published referral to treatment waiting times for April 2022 on 16 June 2022. For the first time, we have a full year of consultant-led paediatric waiting lists data.

On Clean Air Day – 16th June 2022 – NHS England announced for the first time all 212 trusts have strategic plans in place to reach net zero.