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RCPCH responds to Spending Review
12 June 2025
The Chancellor has delivered her spending review for 2025.
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RCPCH welcomes the latest urgent and emergency care plan
6 June 2025
The urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 is a strategy aimed at addressing the increasing demand on emergency services in England.
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RCPCH responds to the expansion of free school meals in England
5 June 2025
The Government has announced plans to expand free schools meals to all children in reciept of universal credit.
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Leading health organisations write to the UK Foreign Secretary regarding worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
4 June 2025
Royal Colleges and leading health organisations have written to David Lammy and urged for action to help protect children and healthcare workers in Gaza.
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Report shows hundreds of thousands of children left waiting for vital community care services
21 May 2025
With over 310,000 children in England currently waiting for community health services, paediatricians remain unclear on how the Government’s ‘shift care to the community’ plans will work in practice.
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RCPCH responds to latest Northern Ireland youth vaping report
16 May 2025
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has published new research – the ‘Behavioural insights into youth vaping in Northern Ireland' report.
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Thirteen leading public health organisations call on Government to outlaw physical punishment
15 May 2025
Leading health organisations have joined together in calling for the removal of the "reasonable punishment" defence in England as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
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Urgent action needed to strengthen community paediatrics in Scotland, says new report
15 May 2025
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) calls for investment, data improvements and a sustainable community workforce to better support vulnerable children and families in Scotland.
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RCPCH respond to the Scottish Programme for Government
7 May 2025
The programme set out the Scottish Government’s intention to cut NHS waiting times, raise more children out of poverty, improve access to GP appointments, grow the economy and tackle climate change.
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RCPCH responds to Public Health Agency’s Children’s Health in Northern Ireland 2023/24 report
29 April 2025
The Public Health Agency’s annual report provides a statistical profile on various aspects of the health of children in Northern Ireland.