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Progress+ - getting neonates and community experience

20 July 2022

We are aware that there is some anxiety around RCPCH Progress+, which goes live in summer 2023, and the rethink of how trainee paediatricians will gain their neonatal and communities experience. We recognise that these are valid concerns and that this change is coming at an ever increasingly challen...

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Extreme heat an increasing threat to health without rapid transition away from fossil fuels

19 July 2022

A joint statement from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change and The Lancet Countdown on how growing extreme heat in the UK and across Europe is threatening people’s health.

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RCPCH responds to the GMC’s national training survey - 2022

19 July 2022

The General Medical Council’s annual national training survey reveals a continuing worsening trend in answers to questions about workload and burnout.

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Reducing health inequalities: We are looking to hear about your projects

15 July 2022

Are you involved in a project or initiative in your local area that is working to tackle health inequalities in the UK? If so, we want to hear from you.

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RCPCH responds to Welsh report, ‘Mind the gap: what’s stopping change?’

15 July 2022

The Welsh NHS Confederation Health and Wellbeing Alliance has published a comprehensive report ‘Mind the gap: what’s stopping change?’, on why the current cost of living crisis is a health crisis and the health impact of growing inequalities across Wales.

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Using data to improve our communities - President's blog

15 July 2022

This week Camilla joined a symposium with an inspiring, energised group of professionals to look at the health inequalities identified in the 'Born in Bradford' programme - so how can we spread such ideas more widely?

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RCPCH responds to latest statistics on child poverty

12 July 2022

On 12 July 2022, the End Child Poverty Coalition, a coalition of charities of which RCPCH is a member, published statistics outlining rates of child poverty across the UK.

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RCPCH response to review of demand and capacity of neurodevelopmental services

7 July 2022

The Welsh Government has today published a Summary Report of its long-awaited review of demand and capacity of neurodevelopmental services. The Deputy Minister for Social Care, Julie Morgan MS, has responded to the report by setting out plans for a new national improvement programme for neurodevelop...

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#RCPCH22 in pictures

6 July 2022

We loved seeing our colleagues face-to-face, some for the first time in many months. Here are a few snapshots from our favourite moments.

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Impact of youth worker on Diabetes care of young people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

4 July 2022

The multi-disciplinary team at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust developed a project which aimed to demonstrate and evidence the effectiveness of employing a youth worker in their Trust and are sharing the impact of employing a youth worker who supports children and young...