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Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s - our summary
In July 2019, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published their prevention green paper, building on the Secretary of State’s prevention vision that was announced in November 2018. The paper contains a number of proposals to tackle the causes of preventable ill health in the England. He...
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Leaving the EU and impact on health services in Northern Ireland - briefing for members
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another EU member state. Given that there has been significant integration between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on a range of areas including health and social care, paediatricians here need further assurances on ho...
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Leaving the European Union - briefing
As paediatricians we need to know that children and young people are placed at the centre of Brexit preparedness. It is also critical that people who work at the heart of our NHS are protected and reassured. While the political situation intensifies, this briefing document highlights our concerns an...
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Medicinal cannabis for children and young people - briefing (updated February 2020)
The law in the UK was changed in November 2018 to make prescribing of medical cannabis legal, but parents have been struggling to secure prescriptions. For parents whose children have a condition for which they feel medicinal cannabis is helping, not having the medicine readily available is incredib...