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Climate change: from feeling overwhelmed to feeling informed (we hope!)

11 October 2022

Dr Rosy Wells, Consultant in Paediatric Allergy at St Georges University Hospital, highlights the results of a survey set up to help the RCPCH Climate Change Working Group understand how paediatricians feel about climate change.

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RCPCH members cycle London to inspire action on air pollution

29 September 2022

Today a group of RCPCH members cycled around London as part of Ride for Their Lives (RFTL) – a global campaign aiming to protect children from air pollution and the climate crisis.

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Progress+ - how will this impact my application to sub-specialty training?

In this 18-minute video, published in September 2022. Dr Blanche Lumb, Trainee Rep for Recruitment, Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training & Assessment and Dr Kay Tyerman, Officer for Workforce, answer questions about transitioning to the new programme from summer 2023, with a focus on sub-specialty (...

Paediatric training

Progress+

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Asthma &Me Ambassadors

This is a group of asthma experienced or interested children, young people and families who volunteer together to improve care for asthma patients and their families. Here they introduce their award-winning project and what they've been doing this year!

Respiratory medicine

Asthma

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

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Dentistry (Wales) – consultation response

In September 2022 we responded to the Health and Social Care Committee Consultation on Dentistry.

Area of medicine

Community child health

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Healthy Food Environment (Wales) – consultation response

In September 2022 we responded to the Welsh Government consultation on Healthy Food Environment.

Area of medicine

Community child health

General paediatrics

Public health

Obesity

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Proposal to end the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 (Wales) – consultation response

In September 2022 we responded to the Welsh Government consultation on the proposal to end the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 in Wales.

Area of medicine

Community child health

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Health inequalities tool 5 - Take national political action

Across the UK, child health inequalities are widening. They are avoidable and unfair. That is why almost 1,100 child health professionals signed open letters calling on political leaders across the UK to #ShiftTheDial on child health inequalities.

Health policy

Engaging children and young people

Health inequalities

Poverty

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Child health inequalities driven by child poverty in the UK - position statement

Health inequalities are the avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health outcomes between different groups of babies, children and young people. The drivers of health inequalities are the social, economic and environmental factors in which individuals live that have an impact on their heal...

Health inequalities

Poverty

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RCPCH leads health organisations tackling climate change

8 September 2022

On 8 September 2022, the climate change and health scorecard was published in the Journal of Climate and Health.