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Take my advice: Supporting your child with the new term's challenges

3 September 2018

The start of the new school year can be particularly stressful. In a new blog for parents, Dr Max Davie, Officer for Health Promotion at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, shares his advice on how to keep children healthy, mentally as well as physically, as they prepare to head throu...

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Reflecting and learning as we look to the future

31 August 2018

In his August blog, Russell considers the implications of increasing workforce pressures and unveils exciting plans for a new College programme examining "the future paediatrician".

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RCPCH Global expands further in Sierra Leone

30 August 2018

We have won two major grants to continue delivering the national Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) programme with Ministry of Health and WHO, and to develop a national paediatric nurse training and mentoring programme alongside this.

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Government to consult on banning the sale of energy drinks to children

29 August 2018

RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, responds to the announcement saying "the growing market for energy drinks and potential for harm to children and young people clearly warrants further scrutiny."

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One in four 14-year-old girls self-harm, says Children's Society

28 August 2018

RCPCH's Dr Max Davie responds, saying a joined up approach to mental health is needed.

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RCPCH statement on the MMR vaccine

22 August 2018

Professor Helen Bedford stresses the importance of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in response to news that measles rates in Europe have hit a record high in this decade.

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Dr Shamez Ladhani appointed as Chair of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit

20 August 2018

Shamez will take over from Dr Richard Reading in September. The BPSU office, study teams, and Scientific Committee extend their gratitude to Richard for his astute leadership over the past five years.

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The needs of children and families after brain injury – from understanding to action

14 August 2018

Dr Anne Gordon, Consultant Occupational Therapist in Paediatric Neuroscience at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Trustee of the Stroke Association, has written a guest blog about the needs of children and their families following brain injury, providing an insight into what we can do to be...

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RCPCH response to Court of Appeal ruling on Hadiza Bawa-Garba case

13 August 2018

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba's appeal against the decision to strike her name from the medical register.

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RCPCH President joins new working group to help shape NHS England's Long Term Plan

10 August 2018

NHS England have established a number of workstreams to take forward their recently announced Long Term Plan. RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, will sit on the Healthy Childhood and Maternal Health working group, which will bring together local and national system leaders, partners and stake...