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RCPCH responds to Impact on Urban Health’s ‘More than a meal’ report

20 November 2024

The report documents how since the policy roll out in 2023, nearly 270,000 children across London were entitled to free school meals.

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RCPCH and global paediatric associations call on COP to prioritise child health

19 November 2024

Yesterday, global leaders were due to discuss international action on climate and health at COP29’s Health Day. To mark this, RCPCH has issued a letter to the COP29 President and global leadership urging the prioritisation of child health in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

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RCPCH responds to child death review March 2024

14 November 2024

The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) has published a report summarising the number of child deaths up to 31 March 2024.

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Ian Parrett, Interim CEO and Executive Director of Corporate Services

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Child health at the centre of decision-making - President's update

8 November 2024

The UK Government’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill provides us with an opportunity to meet one of our goals in the newly published College Strategy, and we're speaking with MPs to support the measures.

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RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland's Public Accounts Committee report into child poverty

8 November 2024

The Northern Ireland Audit Office had recently reported significant growth in child poverty in NI, despite the publication of a Child Poverty Strategy several years ago. While we are dismayed at the lack of progress on reducing child poverty, we are hopeful that the forthcoming anti-poverty strategy...

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NHS 10 Year Health Plan - overarching policy briefing

We called on all RCPCH members in England to input into the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS, both via the Change NHS Portal and through any Trust or regional opportunities. This was an opportunity to make the case for children and the child health workforce to be at the centre of plans for the NHS. ...

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Paediatricians continue to call for protection of children and families in the Middle East

6 November 2024

As a Royal Medical College, working on behalf of children, young people and child health professionals, we remain deeply concerned at the ongoing humanitarian crisis and continued loss of life in the Middle East.

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RCPCH 2016 reviewers to provide evidence to Thirlwall Inquiry

5 November 2024

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) will be providing evidence to Thirlwall Inquiry on 7 November 2024.

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RCPCH: Action needed on poverty and high sugar products as childhood obesity rates persist

5 November 2024

Paediatricians call for action as obesity levels among children starting their first year of school have increased to almost one in ten.