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We use our members' expertise and experience to promote child health and inform our responses to current news.

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Mental health - what changes do we want to see?

24 April 2018

Mental health problems in children and young people are common and account for a significant proportion of the burden of ill health in this age range. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as not simply the absence of disorder but ‘a state of wellbeing in which every individual r...

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Focus magazine for members - spring 2018

23 April 2018

Read about the State of Child Health one year on, Facing the Future standards audit, Progress the new paediatric curriculum and much more...

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What is resilience?

20 April 2018

We asked Serena Haywood what she thinks about resilience, and her suggestions for helping negotiate the difficult days.

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What happens when you stop?

19 April 2018

"It’s not weak to fail. It’s not a failure to be human. Doctors are not gods or monsters but we can feel or be made to feel both, often simultaneously." Serena Haywood, neurodevelopmental paediatrician at St George's University Hospital, writes about her own experiences of mental health, and why it ...

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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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RCPCH responds to CQC report on state of care

11 April 2018

Today, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its analysis of the quality and safety of care provided by independent acute hospitals across England.

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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.

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Sugar tax now in force

6 April 2018

This new measure aims to reduce childhood obesity rates and improve the health of the nation.

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Professor Russell Viner takes up role as RCPCH President

4 April 2018

Professor Viner, an academic paediatrician and adolescent physician at the UCL Institute of Child Health in London, has offically taken up the position of RCPCH President. Russell works clinically in paediatric and adolescent diabetes at University College Hospital.