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RCPCH responds to Social Care Review Implementation Strategy
3 February 2023
The government has published a long-term strategy to ‘fix’ children’s social care.
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Our response to contemporary child health issues
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RCPCH responds to Refugee Council’s report ‘The Truth About Channel Crossings’
2 February 2023
The report shows that 20% those who crossed the channel in small boats are children.
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NHS England’s Plan to Recover Urgent and Emergency Care Services
30 January 2023
The NHS and UK Government have published a new two-year delivery plan today to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient experience.
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UK Government finally confirms that the long-awaited Health Disparities White Paper is shelved
26 January 2023
Today (26 January) the UK Government finally confirmed that the Health Disparities White Paper will not be going ahead.
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RCPCH responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2023 report
26 January 2023
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.
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RCPCH responds to EHRC report ‘Children’s rights in Great Britain’
25 January 2023
Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report to the United Nations raises a number of concerns on the health, wellbeing and living standards of children in England and Wales.
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RCPCH responds to State of Health Visiting, 2022 UK survey report
18 January 2023
The Health Visiting Institute has published the findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom.
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RCPCH responds to the Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Committee’s report on age assessment methods
13 January 2023
This week the Interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee published their report on the use of biological evaluation methods to assist in assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
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RCPCH responds to the Scottish budget 2023 to 2024
19 December 2022
The Scottish Budget for 2023 to 2024 was published on 15 December 2022.
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RCPCH responds to Nuffield Council on Bioethics review of disagreements in the care of critically ill children
8 December 2022
On Thursday 8 December, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced it has been commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care to conduct an independent review of the disagreements that arise between families and healthcare teams in the care of critically ill children.