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RCPCH responds to Institute for Health Visitors 2021 annual report

1 December 2021

The Institute for Health Visitors (IHV) has published its annual report on the state of health visiting in England. RCPCH responds.

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Urgent action is needed to support child health, says RCPCH following NAO report

1 December 2021

The National Audit Office has today published its annual look at the NHS backlogs and waiting times in England, RCPCH responds.

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Dr Tsitsi Chawatama-Kwambana, former Member Trustee

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CEO update - autumn 2021

26 November 2021

In her quarterly bulletin ahead of an extremely difficult winter, our CEO, Jo Revill writes about the intensity of workforce and service pressures and highlights the importance of our imminent workforce census. She also thanks Board members, who we say goodbye to, and warmly welcomes their successor...

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We welcome our new Independent Trustee, Simon Meredith and thank our outgoing Trustee, Gillian Budd

23 November 2021

The RCPCH is delighted to announce that Simon Meredith has been appointed to its Board of Trustees as a new Independent Trustee. He replaces Gillian Budd who, after five years, concludes her term as a Trustee later this month.

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Dr Corinne Rees, a community paediatrician whose medical advisory service bridged the gap between paediatrics and psychology

22 November 2021

Dr Gareth Rees looks back at the life of his wife, Dr Corinne Rees, who died last December, and looks forward to honouring her memory and that of her parents, who were also paediatricians, at the College’s Annual Conference.

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Today we create our futures - President's blog

19 November 2021

Camilla writes about recent ‘virtual’ visits to Scotland and Sri Lanka and also discusses the enormity of the climate change challenges we face and how we all have a role to play. She talks about our new sustainable future with Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) online and highlights upcoming el...

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We publish a member briefing on the NICE guideline on ME/CFS

17 November 2021

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently published an updated version of its clinical guideline on myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome. Our briefing to College members working in England and Wales includes our view on some of the new re...

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RCPCH responds to sharp rise in rates of obesity in young children

16 November 2021

NHS Digital today announced new figures showing a significant increase in obesity rates among primary-aged children. Obesity rates in both reception-aged and year 6 schoolchildren increased by around 4.5 percentage points between 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) - Member briefing on new NICE guideline

On 31 October 2021, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published an updated version of the ME/CFS clinical guideline. The RCPCH consulted on the guideline and met with NICE as they worked with patient groups and representative organisations to finalise the guideline. This b...

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