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Mental health - what changes do we want to see?
24 April 2018
Mental health problems in children and young people are common and account for a significant proportion of the burden of ill health in this age range. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as not simply the absence of disorder but ‘a state of wellbeing in which every individual r...
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The impact of poverty on child health
20 April 2018
Josephine Tucker, Head of Policy and Research at Child Poverty Action Group, writes about the impact of poverty on children's health and what we as health professionals can do.
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RCPCH responds to new report on neonatal deaths
27 November 2017
MBRRACE-UK has today launched a new report which looks at the quality of care received by babies who were either still born or who died shortly after birth.
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Blog: Explore Your Medical Archives!
17 November 2017
To celebrate Explore Your Archive 2017, we've teamed up with Archivists at the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a blog about our collections. Find out about our favourite records, strangest finds and what we’ve been up to this week.
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Largest ever maternity audit publishes report to help NHS services deliver improvements for women and babies
9 November 2017
The National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), is a major clinical report that identifies areas of good practice and opportunities for improvement in the care of women and babies in maternity services across Britain...