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Rights to access healthcare for migrant and/or undocumented children

This guidance highlights the barriers that currently exist for certain migrant and/or undocumented children with regards to access to healthcare and attainment of a healthy life. This is in the context of recent increase in efforts to charge certain migrant and/or undocumented groups using NHS servi...

Wellbeing for children and young people

Safeguarding

Child protection

Refugee

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Safeguarding children and young people - roles and competencies

To protect children and young people from harm, and help improve their wellbeing, all healthcare staff must have the competencies to recognise child maltreatment, opportunities to improve childhood wellbeing and to take effective action as appropriate to their role.

Looked after children

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State of Child Health &Us 2018: Views from the RCPCH &Us network

This special report brings together views of children, young people and families looking at key themes from our flagship report. These include poverty, mental health, communication, PSHE (personal, social and health education), LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and children’s rights.

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Quality improvement

LGBT+

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State of Child Health &Us 2019: Views from the RCPCH &Us network

We are proud to share voices from the RCPCH &Us network as part of the State of Child Health two years on reports.

Health policy

Participation

Children and young people's voice

Wellbeing for children and young people

LGBT+

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Thank you for all you do as a paediatrician...

... and that you continue to #ChoosePaediatrics! We've been speaking with children and young people across the country - they have some messages for you.

Participation

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Patient experience

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The "best doctor" - children and young people tell us who should #ChoosePaediatrics

Thousands of children and young people have been sharing with us their ideas, hopes and wishes for “the best doctor possible”. Here's a summary of what they had to say!

Paediatric careers

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

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Top tips for paediatricians and healthcare workers - RCPCH &Us

What makes the best doctor or healthcare worker? In 2016-17 over 400 children, young people and family members from across the UK commented on what qualities and behaviours they like to see in their healthcare professional.

Children and young people's voice

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Understand 101 tool - RCPCH &Us

The 'Understand' model is designed for healthcare professionals to think about the why, how and what every time they work with children and young people.

Community services

Primary care

Children and young people's voice

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Using NNAP data in peer review visits - a case study for NNAP

The following case study from Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN) was included in the 2016 annual report to highlight how some neonatal networks and units have used NNAP results as a basis for identifying, and undertaking, local quality improvement activities.

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Using results from the NNAP annual report to drive improvements in the rates of breast feeding at discharge from neonatal care - a case study for NNAP

The following case study was included in the 2016 National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) annual report to highlight how some neonatal networks and units have used NNAP results as a basis for identifying and undertaking local quality improvement activities.

Area of medicine

Intensive care medicine