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RCPCH responds to the Scottish Budget 2024-25
20 December 2023
The Scottish Government has published its Scottish Budget for 2024 to 2025.
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RCPCH responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2023 report
26 January 2023
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.
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RCPCH responds to the Scottish First Minister’s commitment to double the Child Payment Bridging Payments
13 October 2022
On 10 October 2022 the Scottish First Minister announced the doubling of the final Bridging Payment due in December.
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Response to the Poverty and Inequality Commission advice on the Scottish government’s child poverty plan
27 January 2022
On Tuesday 25 January 2022, the Poverty and Inequality Commission published its advice to the Scottish Government on the Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26. The report concludes that child poverty isn’t reducing in Scotland; in fact, it remains at much the same level as before the Child Poverty Act...
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RCPCH statement in response to CMOs advice regarding offering COVID-19 vaccination to all 12-15 year olds
13 September 2021
RCPCH statement in response to the recommendation from the four UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) regarding offering COVID-19 vaccinations to all 12-15 year olds.
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RCPCH responds to GMC's SAS and LE doctors survey
9 January 2020
The GMC today published their first survey of specialty and associate specialist and locally employed doctors. Dr Prakash Kalambettu, chair of the RCPCH’s Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor Committee, comments on the findings.
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Little improvement on reducing avoidable child deaths, new data shows
22 February 2019
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today published 2017 data on avoidable deaths.
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“UK is lagging behind” – RCPCH responds to Nuffield Trust report
20 February 2019
The Nuffield Trust and the Association for Young People's Health have today published the first ever international comparison of young people's health measures over time, comparing the UK to 18 other high-income countries. Professor Russell Viner, President of the RCPCH, responds.
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New reflective practice guidance published
12 September 2018
RCPCH President Professor Russell Viner reiterates the importance of reflective practice as "crucial for doctors".
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RCPCH responds to new report on still birth and neonatal deaths
15 June 2018
RCPCH President Russell Viner respond to today's report by MBRRACE-UK, which aims to analyse data and evaluate improvements in healthcare for mothers and babies.