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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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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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RCPCH responds to CQC report on state of care
11 April 2018
Today, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its analysis of the quality and safety of care provided by independent acute hospitals across England.
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Sugar tax now in force
6 April 2018
This new measure aims to reduce childhood obesity rates and improve the health of the nation.
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Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight reversed in the UK between 1953 and 2015
21 March 2018
Since the post-war period, socioeconomic inequalities in children’s weight have reversed in the UK – with disadvantaged children originally being more likely to be thinner than more advantaged children, but now typically being more likely to be overweight or obese, according to an observational stud...
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Warning over blueberry muffin hidden sugar content
21 March 2018
New analysis by Action on Sugar and the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) shows huge variation in sugar content, portion size and lack of nutrition labelling on blueberry muffins sold at out of home outlets in the UK’s busiest train stations and supermarkets.
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RCPCH responds to new Change4Life campaign
9 January 2018
Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks.
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‘Worrying’ inequalities gap highlighted in children’s emergency healthcare
24 December 2017
School-aged children from the poorest areas are two and a half times more likely to be admitted to hospital in an emergency for asthma than their counterparts in the richest areas, and this gap has grown substantially in a decade, new research reveals today.
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GMC publishes 'State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK' report
19 December 2017
The UK's medical profession faces the prospect of too few doctors to treat rising numbers of patients, says the General Medical Council (GMC).