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RCPCH responds to Health Select Committee report
26 February 2019
The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report today about the first 1,000 days of life. Dr Max Davie, RCPCH Officer for Health Improvement, responds.
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Few multivitamins contain recommended dose of Vitamin D, reveals new study
25 February 2019
RCPCH responds to new study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, which reveals of the multivitamins surveyed, doses ranged from 0 to 800 IU.
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Little improvement on reducing avoidable child deaths, new data shows
22 February 2019
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published 2017 data on avoidable deaths.
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“UK is lagging behind” – RCPCH responds to Nuffield Trust report
20 February 2019
The Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young People's Health have today published the first ever international comparison of young people's health measures over time, comparing the UK to 18 other high-income countries. Professor Russell Viner, President of the RCPCH, responds.
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A movement for child health: where next?
11 February 2019
The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our “Two years on scorecards” – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...
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RCPCH responds to social media and screen time guidance from Chief Medical Officers
7 February 2019
The UK's Chief Medical Officers have issued guidance on children and young people's use of social media and screen time.
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Toxic air harming children across 86% of UK
5 February 2019
Unicef has launched a campaign that aims to protect children and young people from the UK's toxic air.
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RCPCH responds to impact of social media and screen-use report
31 January 2019
Today, the Science and Technology Committee releases its latest report, Impact of social media and screen-use on young people's health. Dr Max Davie, RCPCH Officer for Health Promotion, responds.
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Vice President election 2019 results announced
29 January 2019
The RCPCH is pleased to announce the results of the recent Vice Presidential elections. Dr Simon Clark has been elected Vice President for Health Policy and Professor Nick Bishop has been elected Vice President for Science and Research. They will take up their posts on 6 March 2019.
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Child health high on the agenda, but political uncertainty and public health cuts pose risk to progress, warns RCPCH President
23 January 2019
The RCPCH has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report.