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RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s Health Inequalities Report 2023
30 March 2023
RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s most recent annual report focussing on health inequalities covering the 2021 reporting period where data was available.
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RCPCH responds to Spring Budget
15 March 2023
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring Budget.
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RCPCH urges government to seize unique workforce plan opportunity
13 March 2023
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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RCPCH responds to proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’
8 March 2023
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.
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Professor Andrew Rowland appointed RCPCH Officer for Child Protection
7 March 2023
Professor Andrew Rowland has become the new Officer for Child Protection at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
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RCPCH responds to the Department for Education's SEND and AP Improvement Plan
3 March 2023
The Department for Education (DfE) have published their plans to change the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system in England.
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RCPCH welcomes free school meals for primary school children in London
20 February 2023
The Mayor of London's has announced that he will provide free school meals to all London's primary school children for the next academic year.
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RCPCH launches action in support of the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill
15 February 2023
15 February 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. Ella was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. Since her death, Ella’s mother Rosamund has campaigned tirelessly for clean air to become a human right.
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RCPCH responds to Welsh dentistry inquiry
15 February 2023
The Welsh Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into dentistry in Wales.
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RCPCH responds to rollout of Family Hubs in England
10 February 2023
DHSC have announced that seventy-five areas will receive up to £300 million of investment up to 2025, with new family hubs offering support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.