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CYP representatives at senior meetings - Morriston Hospital
This page provides a best practice example for standard 11 of Facing the Future: Together for child health standards, which outlines how children, young people and parents are involved in meetings and decision making at Morriston Hospital. Children and young people have shaped service design and use...
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A movement for child health: where next?
11 February 2019
The latest instalment of our State of Child Health campaign – our “Two years on scorecards” – puts the need for progress on key child health issues front and centre of the political agenda across all nations in the UK. We want to make sure we keep up momentum and make children a political priority, ...
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Time to Talk- Supporting children and young people with mental health
6 February 2019
There has been a lot in the media about mental health recently, with the government promising that mental health will be a key focus of the NHS Long Term Plan. But we know that lots of parents will still have niggling questions. Dr Lee Hudson, Mental Health Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics a...
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Toxic air harming children across 86% of UK
5 February 2019
Unicef has launched a campaign that aims to protect children and young people from the UK's toxic air.
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Supporting treatment and appropriate medication in paediatrics - our pledge
1 February 2019
We have worked with NHS England on a programme to ensure children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both are able to access appropriate medication, and are not prescribed inappropriate psychotropic medication. Find out more and read our full pledge.
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Hidden health - a parent-led card and toolkit now being piloted
Parents from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital worked with RCPCH &Us to look at three elements of being “hidden”: children and young people with a hidden condition or illness; hidden family carers providing support; hidden support services such as forums. Their #HiddenHealth #ThisIsMe card and toolkit a...
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State of Child Health &Us 2019
We are proud to share the latest voices from the RCPCH &Us network as part of the State of Child Health two years on reports.
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Epilepsy12 &Us - voices from the RCPCH &Us network
Children and young people told us about their experiences of epilepsy care in our "clinic chats" - how they want to get in touch with services, the kind of support they want to receive, their best experiences and their ideas for the future. We worked with our Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates to produce a ...
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What do young people want in the NHS Long Term Plan?
Over 300 young people took part in workshops, events and activities to share their views on what would support their health and that of children and young people over the next 10 years. The full report from the consultation activity was shared with NHS England as part of the consultation in preparat...
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The health impacts of screen time - a guide for clinicians and parents
This guide provides a summary of existing research on the health effects of screen time on children and young people. It outlines recommendations for health professionals and families on screen time use.