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RCPCH responds to the delayed publication of UK air quality targets

31 October 2022

In March 2022, the Government launched its consultation on targets relating to the Environment Act 2021, determined to leave our environment in a better state than we found it.

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Advocating for child health: a reflection

16 August 2022

Officer for Scotland, Dr Mairi Stark, reflects on the roles of paediatricians as advocates for children and young people as discussed in a recent podcast featuring Dr Mike McKean, Vice President for Policy.

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Illingworth-Rees memorial lecture at RCPCH Conference

This annual lecture is in memory of Corinne Rees, a community paediatrician who died in 2020, and her parents, Ronald and Cynthia Illingworth. The inaugural lecture took place at RCPCH Conference 2022.

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Helping children and their families to be heard - a consultant's experience as RCPCH Ambassador

9 May 2022

Dr Charmari Wijemanne, Consultant in Community Child Health, tells us what prompted her to apply as RCPCH Ambassador for South East London, and how the role offers an opportunity to amplify the voices of children and their families to improve service design.

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RCPCH Ambassadors - supporting advocacy for children and young people locally and nationally in England

Ambassadors are volunteer RCPCH members who use their clinical expertise and local knowledge to help create positive change. They share local information with the College on whether and how health systems are meeting the needs of children and young people. And, they advocate for both children’s serv...

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RCPCH and partners to supply BNF for Children content to NHS for a further 12 years

23 August 2021

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), in partnership with joint publishers of the British National Formulary Pharmaceutical Press and BMJ, have been awarded a 12-year contract from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to continue to supply the BNF for Chi...

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Young people win a national award for epilepsy quality improvement

27 November 2020

The Epilepsy12 Youth Advocates have been selected as joint winners in the HQIP Audit Heroes Awards 2020 in the Volunteer of the Year Category, recognising their hard work to support improvements in epilepsy care.

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RCPCH reacts to Government's mental health green paper response

25 July 2018

RCPCH's Officer for Health Promotion, Dr Max Davie, reacts to the Government's response to Children and Young Person's Mental Health Green Paper, saying they have "missed an opportunity with their response".

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RCPCH responds to Better Health and Care for All report

15 June 2018

The Darzi Review has been launched today, which makes the case for new investment and reform in the NHS. It outlines a 10 point plan for more health, wealth and care in the 2020s.

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BPSU study - Deaths in children with epilepsy

Surveillance of deaths in children and young people with epilepsy (excluding Scotland) commenced in October 2016. The study team were hoping to determine the size of the problem of deaths in children affected by epilepsy, to compare the differences between sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP...