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The report highlights several serious health and safeguarding concerns for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK.

Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the Home Secretary urging him to reconsider the use of x-rays as methods of age assessments for children seeking asylum in the UK.

In this month’s Thrive Paediatrics blog, one of our Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical Fellows describes the impact of the language we use when we discuss wellbeing.

Paediatricians are being asked to look out for measles amid the winter season while also calling on Government for the long-awaited vaccine strategy.

The Association for Young People’s Health - funded by the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit at RCPCH - reports on its project to understand the experiences of children, young people and families from groups that may be more likely to face marginalisation, on managing their Type 1 diabetes.

Camilla updates on the latest in the world of patient safety with the launch of the national Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) and recommendations on Martha’s Rule. There are also opportunities to get involved in service recovery and a reminder to eligible members to vote in our President elect...

This week the Patient Safety Commissioner wrote to Health Secretary, Steve Barclay outlining her recommendations for Martha’s Rule.

Paediatricians and other child health professionals based in England can now start transitioning towards using the new inpatient Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) chart which has been released by NHS England for use today.