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Tell us your views on a new app about health inequalities

10 January 2023

The College's Digital Division is seeking members' views on the value of creating a health inequalities mobile app. This would be developed in partnership with the paediatrics-led group, Wellbeing and Health Action Movement (WHAM).

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New Year Honours 2023

31 December 2022

RCPCH President comments on New Year Honours.

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Retirement is a time to readjust

20 December 2022

Change is always unsettling and can be challenging, especially if one is unprepared. Dr Sanjay Suri recognises that retirement is a change that is often romanticised but not usually spoken of as a time for readjustment. And that there's someting more important than happiness.

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RCPCH responds to Welsh government's commitments on children and young people

6 December 2022

In October, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales published her annual report.

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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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Practical advice and budget response - President's blog

17 November 2022

Camilla shares some thoughts on challenging times plus resources to support members questions on industrial action. She also celebrates the release of the NNAP annual report and talented Welsh medical students giving stellar presentations.

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The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been awarded the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award 2022

17 November 2022

On 17 November 2022, the Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates were announced as the winners for the Richard Driscoll Memorial Award for outstanding patient involvement in clinical audit at the annual Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) AGM.

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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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NNAP publishes latest report on neonatal care across England and Wales

9 November 2022

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) has published its latest report on the delivery of care by neonatal services in England and Wales between January and December 2021.

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RCPCH responds to Auditor General for Wales’ report on poverty

2 November 2022

Audit Wales has published ‘Time for Change’ – Poverty in Wales, the first of three reviews on the challenge of alleviating and tackling poverty.