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Will you take on International Buy Nothing Day?
25 November 2022
As the festive period begins and on International Buy Nothing Day, Dr Lucy Reynolds, a Community Consultant Paediatrician based in Glasgow, reflects on the environmental and developmental cost of modern materialism. As a member of the Climate Change Advocating for Change Working Group, she also disc...
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RCPCH respond to UKHSA reports of Poliovirus in London
15 November 2022
UKHSA urges the public and parents of young children who may have missed their routine vaccinations to ensure their polio vaccinations are up-to-date. This page was first published on 24 June 2022, and has been updated to reflect UKHSA’s urgent update.
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Shift the dial on child health inequalities now – say over 1,000 members of the child health workforce to Government
17 October 2022
In an open letter, over 1,000 child health professionals have written to Governments across the UK calling for a clear commitment to reduce poverty and tackle widening child health inequalities.
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Statement regarding fitness to practice determinations
7 September 2022
The implications of recent MPTS determinations have highlighted issues about system pressures and responsibilities of individual clinicians in their professional practice.
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RCPCH publishes safeguarding guidance for children and young people under 18 accessing early medical abortion services
30 August 2022
Parliament made the decision to legislate to make permanent provision for the remote delivery of early medical abortion services in England and Wales, in line with the temporary arrangements introduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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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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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 raising the profile of child poverty to demand action
4 July 2022
Child poverty is a key campaigning issue for RCPCH, and we are appalled that four million children in the UK are living below the breadline. Yet this is only set to get worse with the current rising cost of living and the widening inequalities as a result of COVID-19.