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RCPCH responds to the Northern Ireland Assembly recall
21 July 2022
The Northern Ireland Assembly is set to be recalled on 26 July.
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Joint statement from medical royal colleges and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges on the Conservative leadership contest
21 July 2022
Medical royal colleges and Faculties have today published a joint statement calling on the next prime minister and leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party to make health and care a priority.
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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...