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RCPCH responds to long awaited vaccine strategy
13 December 2023
NHS England has published its overdue vaccination strategy, ‘Shaping the future delivery of NHS vaccination and immunisation services’.
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Professor Steve Turner elected as new RCPCH President
12 December 2023
Professor Steve Turner will be the next President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and will succeed Dr Camilla Kingdon in spring 2024.
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RCPCH publishes updated position statement on childhood vaccinations
7 December 2023
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has updated its vaccination position statement from 2020 to include recent data on vaccination uptake and key recommendations to UK governments.
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RCPCH responds to worrying health data in latest children's commissioners report on children seeking asylum
30 November 2023
The report highlights several serious health and safeguarding concerns for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK.
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Health and social workers urge Home Office to reconsider unethical age assessments for children seeking asylum
27 November 2023
Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the Home Secretary urging him to reconsider the use of x-rays as methods of age assessments for children seeking asylum in the UK.
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RCPCH joins call for politicians to take bold action on clean air
24 November 2023
RCPCH have supported the development of an open letter calling on all political parties to recognise the importance of clean air
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Measles resurgence forces children's doctors to update national guidance ahead of potential outbreak
21 November 2023
Paediatricians are being asked to look out for measles amid the winter season while also calling on Government for the long-awaited vaccine strategy.
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RCPCH Wales responds to Welsh Government’s decision not to extend school meals during holidays
17 November 2023
The Welsh Government has outlined their decision in an impact assessment document.
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RCPCH responds to latest National Child Mortality Database figures
10 November 2023
The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) has published a report summarising the number of child deaths up to 31 March 2023.
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RCPCH Wales responds to Senedd’s Equality and Social Justice Committee report on child poverty
8 November 2023
The Welsh Senedd’s Equality and Social Justice Committee calls for a dedicated Minister for Babies, Children and Young People to be appointed to provide a more coherent response to the scourge of child poverty.