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Celebrating staff, associate specialist and specialty doctors this #SASWeek23

12 October 2023

Our Thrive Paediatrics programme acknowledges, celebrates and supports the varied experiences in paediatrics. SAS doctors do amazing work, and Dr Anne Pinches has developed the role of SAS Advocate in her own Trust to promote and improve support for this growing group.

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We welcome NHS England's new bundle of care for children and young people with epilepsy

12 October 2023

The RCPCH and Epilepsy12, one of our clinical audits, welcome the publication of this National Bundle of Care by the NHS England Children and Young People (CYP) Transformation Programme.

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Genomics England publishes list of conditions for newborn screening

10 October 2023

We wanted to update you on the recent news that Genomics England have published the list of conditions that every newborn that participates in the Newborn Screening Programme will be tested for.

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Our #ChoosePaediatrics programme wins a Memcom Excellence Award 2023

9 October 2023

It is with great pleasure to announce that the #ChoosePaediatrics programme has won the Best Engagement or Recruitment Strategy Award 2023.

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RCPCH responds to Labour's announcement on NHS dentistry

6 October 2023

On Thursday 5 October, the Labour Party unveiled a plan for NHS Dentistry. The plan includes a pledge to introduce supervised toothbrushing in schools with a focus on the areas with the highest childhood tooth decay.

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Moments to celebrate and share - President's blog

6 October 2023

Camilla talks of the enthusiasm and kindness shared at our Membership ceremony and gives an update from her recent visit to Nepal. She celebrates news about our #ChoosePaediatrics campaign and positive steps in recruitment as well as Equality, Diversity and Inclusion work.

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RCPCH responds to Government’s plans for a smokefree generation

4 October 2023

Today Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has outlined his plans for a smokefree generation, including to raise the smoking age by one year every year.

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Scoring F for fitness - how can we help children in Wales?

4 October 2023

Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, recently joined a workshop on physical activity in children and young people to learn why kids in Wales scored F for fitness, what this means for them and, when in clinic, what he should be assessing, saying and signposting. He shares his findings.

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Genetic testing and resources - the essentials for paediatricians

The RCPCH Genomics Working Group in partnership with the Genomics Education Programme has developed this resource to support clinicians in learning more about different genetic tests, the benefits and limitations of different tests and the approach for selecting the appropriate test. The associated ...

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RCPCH responds to Government’s review of on 20mph limits and low traffic neighbourhoods in England

3 October 2023

The Government has recently set out a strategy in which they will review the guidance on 20mph limits and low traffic neighbourhoods in England. Reports now say that the Government is preparing to stop English councils from introducing new 20mph speed limits.