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Child health in England in 2030: comparisons with other wealthy countries
The health of today’s children and young people (CYP) will be one of the key factors in determining whether England is healthy and prosperous over the next 50 years. In our reports, published October 2018, we used long term historical data on key CYP health outcomes and various projection modelling ...
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Diabetes Quality Programme - Self-Assessment and External Verification report 2018
This report provides data and insights from the first Self-Assessment and External Verification components of the National Children and Young People's Diabetes Quality Programme. With this baseline data, we will be able to make comparisons year on year, and reflect on what is working well and what c...
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Global child health - our impact
Since our foundation, we at RCPCH have embraced a commitment, beyond our work in the UK, to improving child health in the world's poorest countries. We train, mentor and advise on a wide range of medical issues which affect infant and child care services worldwide. Take a look at what we do, watch v...
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Growing up with diabetes: children and young people with diabetes in England - research report (2009)
Caring for children and young people with diabetes involves a complex process of care provision. Accurate, up-to-date knowledge is crucial to the planning and delivery of best quality health care. This report sets out the findings of a working group established to survey the number of children and y...
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Poverty and child health - views from the frontline
In this report, the RCPCH and Child Poverty Action Group explore the state of child poverty in the UK and gain the views of the RCPCH’s wider membership in order to form a picture of what is happening on the frontline in communities across the UK.
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State of child health 2 - Conception, pregnancy and infancy indicators
This looks at smoking and pregnancy, breastfeeding and immunisation.
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State of Child Health 2017 - full report
Our report, available to download below, provides a comprehensive list of 25 measures of the health of UK children. These range from specific conditions such as asthma, diabetes and epilepsy, risk factors for poor health such as obesity and a low rate of breastfeeding, to child deaths. The data prov...
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State of Child Health 4 - School age and adolescence
This chapter looks at healthy weight at end of primary school, HPV vaccine, smoking, alcohol and drugs, wellbeing, suicide, road injuries and sexual health.
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State of Child Health 5 - Family and social environment indicators
This chapter looks at poverty, the child protection system and counselling sessions by Childline.
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State of Child Health 6 - Health conditions of childhood
This chapter looks at some common conditions among children and young people.