Northern Ireland

Members working in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are represented at College Council by the Officer for Ireland - find out useful contacts and activity on your College region's web page

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RCPCH responds to calls for a ban on junk food adverts "on demand"

19 June 2018

Health campaigners are calling for the restrictions on junk food television advertising to be extended to on-demand services. New analysis from the OHA has found that children streaming their favourite shows online are inundated with adverts for unhealthy food and drinks. RCPCH respond to these call...

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RCPCH responds to NHS funding announcement

18 June 2018

The Prime Minister has announced today that the NHS will receive additional funding after Brexit.

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Immigration cap on doctors and nurses to be lifted

15 June 2018

RCPCH President responds to the Government announcement by Home Secretary Sajid Javid that the immigration cap on doctors and nurses is to be lifted from today (Friday 15 June). This means that there will be no restriction on the numbers who can be employed in the NHS through the so-called tier 2 vi...

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RCPCH responds to new report on still birth and neonatal deaths

15 June 2018

RCPCH President Russell Viner respond to today's report by MBRRACE-UK, which aims to analyse data and evaluate improvements in healthcare for mothers and babies.

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RCPCH President issues warning to MPs about the harmful effects of energy drinks

12 June 2018

Today Professor Russell Viner, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, gave evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on the impact of energy drinks on children and young people. Professor Viner warned MPs that the caffeine and sugar content in energy ...

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New app launches to support parents

12 June 2018

Baby charity The Lullaby Trust has developed Baby Check, a free app that helps parents test their baby for different signs of illness and determine how unwell they are.

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College Tutors Day presentations

Our College Tutor days aim to equip attendees with the latest they need to know about curricula developments and we schedule speakers on a variety of topics from wellbeing to how to tackle specific domains of the curriculum.

Paediatric training

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More expertise needed to safeguard children’s urgent and emergency care services, say doctors

4 June 2018

New standards for emergency care settings highlight the need to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services.

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Healthcare professional bodies publish full response to hyponatremia inquiry report

31 May 2018

The membership bodies representing paediatricians, surgeons, anaesthetists and pathologists, have today published a joint response to Justice O’Hara’s report on hyponatremia related deaths in Northern Ireland.

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RCPCH responds to Health and Social Care Committee report on child obesity

29 May 2018

Prevention is key to reducing obesity, says RCPCH's Dr Max Davie, but those already obese must have the appropriate support available.