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From negotiating preservation of training numbers for Progress+ to questioning birth rate projections used in workforce modelling, Camilla highlights some of the areas where we are advocating for our workforce. The blog also links to some important recent publications.

NHS data reveals that the number of children awaiting consultant led treatment for over 52 weeks has risen to 21,282. There are now 416,790 children on referral to treatment waiting lists in England. 

RCPCH have long advocated for a paediatric mental health lead to be embedded in paediatric departments across the country.

Last year, RCPCH strongly supported an amendment to the Health and Care Act 2022 which required a report to be laid before parliament setting out improvements to information sharing in relation to children’s health, social care and safeguarding, and setting out the Government’s policy on a consisten...

Camilla responds to the NHS England Long Term Workforce Plan and reflects on ongoing challenges. She covers our campaigning activity calling for a ban on all disposable vapes and touches on the NHS's 75th birthday later this week.

Disposable e-cigarette products such as Elf bars, Geek bars and Lost Marys are now the top choice for children and young people.

The End Child Poverty Coalition has published a new report which summarises the latest data on local child poverty after housing costs in the UK.

Camilla reflects on another successful RCPCH Annual Conference and invites you to save the date for 2024 in Birmingham.

NHS Confederation and NHS Providers published a report which reveals a worrying and worsening picture of waiting times for children’s community health services.

An interim report from the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch (HSIB) into the experiences of children and young people with mental health needs being placed on general paediatric wards has highlighted the risks of placing children and young people in these environments, particularly for childre...