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    Guidance
    Graphic: List and tick on a network diagram
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    Standards
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      • Greener paediatrics
      • Industrial action in the NHS
      • NHS 10 year health plan
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      • Prevention of ill health
      • Strengthening community child health services
      • Winter planning
      • Your wellbeing
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    On community child health services
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    See engagement standards
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    Leading the Way: on our podcast
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Seeking and providing external second opinions in paediatrics

The aim of this guidance is to provide a helpful resource for healthcare professionals, service planners and families to draw upon when requesting, providing, and receiving an external second opinion.
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Training principle of the month 3: Clinical reasoning skills are explicitly taught within training

Clinical reasoning is essential for accurate diagnosis. This month, trainees Dr Jenny Merrison-Hort and Dr Sian Copley lead us in exploring this principle. You'll find examples of how to embed clinical reasoning skills into your everyday teaching and/or learning, including a case study from consulta...
Paediatric training
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Ways to donate

Whether you're a member or not, we welcome your donation no matter the size! There are many ways to support us - from a one-off donation to leaving a gift in your will. We also welcome conversations with organisations about partnerships.
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Sustainable working practices during winter - webinar recording for trainees and trainers

We know members expect significant pressures in their clinical work over the winter period. This webinar, recorded in early November 2021, gives some practical ideas on how to sustain work in the face of these pressures.
COVID-19
Paediatric training
Winter planning
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Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Wales) - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues set out by the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee in Wales. As a College, we have highlighted climate change as a priority in our new three-year strategy and look forwar...
Public health
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Health and Social Care Committee (Wales) call for evidence on workforce strategy - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the workforce strategy. We welcomed the strategy and its implementation with other priorities and actions. We highlighted the need for the delivery of the strategy to align with the Welsh Government's plans for population h...
Workforce
Wellbeing for health professionals
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Health & Social Care Committee Sixth Senedd Priorities (Wales) - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues that the Health and Social Care Committee identified for consideration during the Sixth Senedd (2021-2026).
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Children, Young People and Education Committee Sixth Senedd Priorities - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues that the Children, Young People and Education Committee identified for consideration during the Sixth Senedd (2021-2026), Wales.
COVID-19
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Wellbeing for children and young people
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Mandatory vaccination of health and social care staff in England - consultation responses

In October 2021 we responded to a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on whether COVID-19 and flu vaccination should be made a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector in England. In February 2022 we responded to a further DHSC consultation following...
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Medicines for Children - information for parents and carers

Our website provides practical and reliable information to parents and carers about giving medicines to their child - with free access to information leaflets on over 200 medicines, videos and news.
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