Media response

Our response to contemporary child health issues

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RCPCH responds to Public Health England's COVID-19 disparities review

2 June 2020

President Professor Russell Viner responds to Public Health England's publication, COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes.

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College responds to recent reports on COVID-19 and children

27 April 2020

Following reports of a small number of cases of a COVID-19 related condition emerging in children, our President has made a statement.

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COVID-19 - statement on child deaths

2 April 2020

Our President Professor Russell Viner comments on child deaths due to COVID-19.

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Our patron, HRH The Princess Royal sends a message of support

31 March 2020

HRH The Princess Royal has sent a letter to each of the charities, organisations and military affiliations she supports, including RCPCH, acknowledging the difficulties we face and thanking us for all we do.

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Deployment of staff during the COVID-19 pandemic - RCPCH supports AoMRC statement

30 March 2020

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges issued a statement on 27 March 2020 to support doctors who are working outside their normal scope of professional practice. This statement signposts to various guidance on the arrangements and processes of the redeployment of staff.

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UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report

4 March 2020

The RCPCH has today published State of Child Health 2020, the largest ever compilation of data on the health of babies, children and young people across all four UK nations. The report shows that for many measures of children’s health and wellbeing, progress has stalled, or is in reverse – something...

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RCPCH responds to DHSC announcement on flexible training courses to improve recruitment

10 February 2020

The Government is to consider more flexible training for healthcare professionals who wish to switch discipline. The Department of Health and Social Care said that people who are already working as healthcare professionals "could train to become doctors and nurses more quickly now that the UK has le...

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RCPCH responds to NICE guidance on cannabidiol use in two forms of childhood epilepsy

5 February 2020

Dr Mike Linney, Registrar and Chair of the Ethics Committee for RCPCH, welcomes recent guidance from NICE, but notes the urgent need for high quality, independent research on this medicine to provide the best possible care for children with complex epilepsy.

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RCPCH responds to NHS England review of gender identity development services

3 February 2020

NHSE is conducting a review of the specification for this service and associated policies for 2020. It will also set up an independent expert group to make recommendations regarding the use of puberty suppressants and cross-sex hormones.

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RCPCH responds to Professor Sir Mike Richards' review of children’s cancer services in England

31 January 2020

The review was commissioned by the Chief Executive of NHS England to assist its Board in the evaluation of responses to a consultation undertaken in summer 2019 relating to a new draft service specification for children’s cancers.