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Announcing the 2018 PAFTAs
19 March 2018
The College’s national awards in paediatric training (the “PAFTAs”) were presented to three deserving recipients at RCPCH Conference 2018.
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New research by the RCPCH and Nuffield Trust reveals UK lagging behind peers on child health
15 March 2018
According to a new international analysis looking at child health measures over time and across 14 comparable countries, published today by the RCPCH and the Nuffield Trust, child health outcomes for babies and young children in the UK are poor compared to comparable countries.
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Meeting of the RCPCH with the General Medical Council
5 March 2018
Representatives of the RCPCH met with senior leadership at the GMC on 27 February 2018 to discuss issues arising from the recent GMC appeal regarding Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba.
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Experts urge government to fortify flour with folic acid
29 January 2018
A new study reinforces calls for the Department of Health to approve the fortification of flour with folic acid to protect against neural tube defects in babies
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Jo Revill to take up role of RCPCH chief executive officer in June 2018
26 January 2018
As many of you will know, Professor Judith Ellis MBE is to retire on 31 May 2018 after nearly four successful years at the RCPCH. Judith will be succeeded by Jo Revill, who will join the College on Friday, 1 June 2018.
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New figures reveal over 28% of Welsh children are living in poverty
23 January 2018
The End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. In Wales, the figures show that over 28% of children are living in poverty, and in some constituency, this rises to a 1/3 of all children.
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Fragmented approach to child health damaging long term health of nation, RCPCH warns
17 January 2018
Child health is suffering at the hands of a disjointed approach from central Government is the warning from the RCPCH as it publishes its “State of Child Health: One year on” scorecard today. The scorecards for England, Scotland and Wales describe progress against the series of recommendations made ...
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RCPCH support for campaigns
We welcome requests to support campaigns that are relevant to child health and in line with our key priorities.
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‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare
24 December 2017
School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.
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GMC publishes 'State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK' report
19 December 2017
The UK's medical profession faces the prospect of too few doctors to treat rising numbers of patients, says the General Medical Council (GMC).