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Latest news and blogs

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Article

27 March 2023

Ensuring the needs of children are not forgotten - a perspective on what it means to be an RCPCH Ambassador

Dr Steve Jones is a consultant paediatrician and RCPCH Ambassador for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. He tells us how he is advocating to raise the profile of children and young people in his Integrated Care System (ICS).

Podcast

24 March 2023

A young person’s experience of living with epilepsy

In this first of a podcast series from the Medicines for Children team, we speak with Fiona, a young person with epilepsy, and her mum, Karen. It's an honest and lively discussion from their fear at first diagnosis to working out the right medication, to learning to live well with the condition.

President's blog

17 March 2023

Never a dull week – President’s blog

From the three days of NHS strike action to the spring budget, there has been a lot to react to this week. Camilla reflects also on our advocacy on migrant health as well as upcoming genomics webinars this month.

Media response

15 March 2023

RCPCH responds to Spring budget

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring budget.

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13 March 2023

RCPCH urges government to seize unique workforce plan opportunity

Paediatricians are calling for action ahead of the budget on Wednesday 15 March, and following data from the NHS staff survey, as well as NHS England’s publication of the referral to treatment waiting times data for January 2023.

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8 March 2023

RCPCH responds to proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’

On Tuesday 7 March, the Home Office unveiled a Bill which would give the Secretary of State the power to remove persons arriving in the UK by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as those arriving on small boats, without providing such individuals with a chance to make an application for asylum.