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Paediatricians call out unregulated, high sugar and salt baby foods
27 December 2022
RCPCH calls on the UK Government to finally implement mandatory guidelines on the amount of sugar and salt that baby food can contain.
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RCPCH responds to the Scottish budget 2023 to 2024
19 December 2022
The Scottish Budget for 2023 to 2024 was published on 15 December 2022.
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RCPCH responds to the Chief Medical Officers’ 2022 report on air pollution
8 December 2022
On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.
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RCPCH responds to Welsh government's commitments on children and young people
6 December 2022
In October, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales published her annual report.
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Inquiry into the emotional and mental health of children published
27 April 2018
The Children, Young People and Education Committee has published an inquiry on improving the emotional and mental health of children and young people in Wales.
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The impact of poverty on child health
20 April 2018
Josephine Tucker, Head of Policy and Research at Child Poverty Action Group, writes about the impact of poverty on children's health and what we as health professionals can do.
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Abolish solitary confinement for children and young people
18 April 2018
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to take immediate steps to end the solitary confinement of children and young people in the youth justice system.
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Abolish postcode lottery to good dental health, say children’s doctors
11 April 2018
Children’s doctors are today calling for councils to give every child an equal opportunity to good dental health as a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users reveals around one quarter had problems accessing free NHS dental care.
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Tackling childhood cancer in developing countries
9 April 2018
One medical success story is increased cure rates for many childhood cancers - but this advance has only been in high income countries. We feature Tim Eden, founder of World Child Cancer.