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Thirteen UK healthcare bodies launch ‘pragmatic’ guidance on valproate use
14 December 2020
Experts from 13 national bodies, including seven Royal Colleges, have joined forces to launch new practical guidance to support doctors and other health professionals around valproate use in women and girls in their reproductive years.
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RCPCH statement on the ruling in the judicial review, Bell v Tavistock
8 December 2020
We have carefully reviewed this court ruling, which addresses the consent of children and young people to the use of puberty suppressing drugs as part of the treatment of gender dysphoria. We consider that the ruling should not have implications for the general ethical or legal framework for childre...
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Keeping paediatric diabetes on the radar - how our Diabetes Quality Programme is delivering activities during COVID-19
19 November 2020
We’ve made innovative adaptations to keep Paediatric diabetes on the radar during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve care and outcomes.
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RCPCH publishes advice to help new parents during the pandemic
13 November 2020
Paediatricians, health visitors and GPs have joined forces to produce guidance for parents who are worried about their new baby.
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A snapshot of general paediatric and neonatal services: benchmarking for improvement and recovery
25 September 2020
Two new reports have been released outlining the findings of a snapshot survey of the UK's general paediatric and neonatal services and workforce in September 2019. The reports provide a pre-COVID benchmark and give recommendations to government, service planners and other decision makers about how ...
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How we delivered the National Diabetes Quality Programme
27 August 2020
Dr Andrea Srur, Programme Manager for the national Diabetes Quality Programme, describes the recent successes from this project and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak.
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RCPCH announces forthcoming digital growth charts for parents and families
1 August 2020
We look ahead to plans for digital growth charts, which will be available to parents and carers in 2021.
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RCPCH responds to expansion of flu vaccination programme
24 July 2020
We respond to the government's announcement of this year's flu vaccination programme, which includes Year 7 for the first time.
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RCPCH responds to BMA paper on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health
7 July 2020
Dr Karen Street, Assistant Officer for Mental Health and Wellbeing, responds to a new BMA report which considers the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.
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Medicine safety alert - ranitidine (withdrawn)
26 June 2020
Ranitidine products (Brand names including Zantac®) were voluntarily withdrawn by manufacturers in October 2019, because of fears that they may contain low levels of an impurity called NMDA.