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Retirement is a time to readjust
20 December 2022
Change is always unsettling and can be challenging, especially if one is unprepared. Dr Sanjay Suri recognises that retirement is a change that is often romanticised but not usually spoken of as a time for readjustment. And that there's someting more important than happiness.
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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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Recognising the challenge - President's blog
2 December 2022
Camilla reflects on her recent trip to Scotland celebrating ‘Paediatrics Past and Present’ and remembers the lives of two outstanding clinicians. She also signposts updates to resources for services facing extreme pressures this winter.
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UK’s most vulnerable children at risk of ‘falling through gaps’ say children’s doctors
31 July 2018
The RCPCH launch the ‘CCT Class of 2016 – Where are they now?’ report, which reveals that just 9.6% of newly trained paediatricians took up a consultant post in community child health, raising concerns for child health.
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RCPCH responds to rollout of HPV for boys
24 July 2018
The Government has announced that adolescent boys will be offered the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine to protect them from cancer.
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RCPCH responds to HPV extension
18 July 2018
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) have released a statement today to advise that the HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination should be extended to adolescent boys at the same age as girls.
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'A dismal, unfair and unsafe situation': RCPCH responds to National Children’s Bureau Report
11 July 2018
Dr Alison Steele responds to the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) new report, published today on behalf of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children: Storing Up Trouble – A postcode lottery of children’s social care.
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RCPCH responds to initial annual training survey findings
9 July 2018
The GMC have released the initial findings of the annual national training survey for 2018. This is a detailed UK-wide poll of more than 70,000 doctors in training and doctors who act as trainers.