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RCPCH responds to the Autumn budget
30 October 2024
The Government has delivered their first budget statement post-election.
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Huge win for child health and planet as Government announces ban on disposable vapesÂ
24 October 2024
The UK Government has today announced a ban on disposable vapes taking place from 1 June 2025 in England and has highlighted similar bans will be brought forward across the nations.Â
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47 organisations demand Welsh government cabinet secretaries and ministers to work to reduce the impact of poverty and inequalities
22 October 2024
Currently Wales has one of the highest poverty rates among the four UK nations, with 29% of children and 21% of working aged people living in poverty and this is driving inequalities across Wales. A national cross-government delivery plan to tackle poverty and inequality is desperately needed.
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BPSU study - Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD)
Surveillance of Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) is to commence in November 2024 led by Dr Katherine Hawton. The study will help to estimate how many children have ROHHAD, understand more about the condition and how it is being m...
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How to Manage: Adolescent health (online)
04 February 2025
This one-day online course will give you an understanding of issues facing young people as they develop, and practical tips of how to engage and work with them within the framework of developmentally appropriate healthcare.
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Child health and climate change episode 2: Canada
9 October 2024
Floods, heatwaves and wildfires have become increasingly common across Canada. And as retired paediatrician Dr Julian Pleydell-Pearce explains in this episode of our climate change podcast series, this makes a profound impact on the lives of children and young people - and the way health services ar...
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More action needed to protect children from air pollution say children’s doctors
19 September 2024
As part of their updated position statement, RCPCH is calling for stronger action from the UK government to protect children from the health harms of air pollution.
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Paediatricians concerned by yet another annual decline in childhood vaccination coverage
17 September 2024
NHS Digital data shows coverage decreased for all 14 standard childhood vaccinations reported in 2023-24.
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RCPCH responds to Darzi Review
12 September 2024
Lord Ara Darzi has published the findings of an independent review of the NHS.
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Three quarters of paediatricians already seeing children negatively impacted by long waits for health services as professional body publishes blueprint to transform care 
5 September 2024
RCPCH publishes From left behind to leading the way: a blueprint for transforming child health services in England.