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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...

NHS Digital today announced new figures showing a significant increase in obesity rates among primary-aged children. Obesity rates in both reception-aged and year 6 schoolchildren increased by around 4.5 percentage points between 2019-20 and 2020-21.

RCPCH has joined fellow members of the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) and several health organisations in calling Government to take action to reverse the persistent rising levels of excess weight in the population.

RCPCH has joined over 90 representatives of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) today in signing a letter to the Prime Minister calling for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities.

Professor Helen Bedford, Immunisation Lead for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), said:

Dr Max Davie, RCPCH Officer for Health Improvement, responds to the publication of the National Food Strategy.

Our Officer for Health Improvement, Dr Max Davie, responds to the Government’s announcement that it will ban junk food advertising online and before 9pm on TV from 2023.

Our Officer for Health Improvement calls on the Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. The uplift was introduced last year by the Chancellor in response to the pandemic, and is currently due to be removed from payments at the end of March.

Health visitors fear the needs of vulnerable children have been missed due to staff redeployment to support the COVID-19 workforce, according to a new UCL survey.

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the RCPCH made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...