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Minimum unit pricing comes into force in Scotland

1 May 2018

RCPCH Officer for Scotland says the move will ‘reduce harm to children’.

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Inquiry into the emotional and mental health of children published

27 April 2018

The Children, Young People and Education Committee has published an inquiry on improving the emotional and mental health of children and young people in Wales.

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More resource needed or we’ll ‘burn out’ and services will become more unsafe say children’s doctors

25 April 2018

Additional resourcing of children’s health services is urgently needed as a new report highlights the daily struggle hospitals face to meet standards that provide children with high quality, safe and consistent healthcare.

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RCPCH statement on the Alfie Evans case

24 April 2018

"As healthcare professionals involved in the care of babies, children and young people, the priority has to be the child", says RCPCH President. This case is extremely difficult for all involved; heartbreaking for his parents and emotionally challenging for the doctors and nurses involved in treatin...

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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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Focus magazine for members - spring 2018

23 April 2018

Read about the State of Child Health one year on, Facing the Future standards audit, Progress the new paediatric curriculum and much more...

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What is resilience?

20 April 2018

We asked Serena Haywood what she thinks about resilience, and her suggestions for helping negotiate the difficult days.

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What happens when you stop?

19 April 2018

"It’s not weak to fail. It’s not a failure to be human. Doctors are not gods or monsters but we can feel or be made to feel both, often simultaneously." Serena Haywood, neurodevelopmental paediatrician at St George's University Hospital, writes about her own experiences of mental health, and why it ...

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Abolish solitary confinement for children and young people

18 April 2018

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to take immediate steps to end the solitary confinement of children and young people in the youth justice system.

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Abolish postcode lottery to good dental health, say children’s doctors

11 April 2018

Children’s doctors are today calling for councils to give every child an equal opportunity to good dental health as a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users reveals around one quarter had problems accessing free NHS dental care.