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RCPCH reacts to Welsh Government mental health response
4 July 2018
Mental health services at 'crisis point' says RCPCH Officer for Wales, 'and require urgent support.'
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RCPCH responds to new position statement on infant feeding from RCM
12 June 2018
Professor Mary Fewtrell, Nutrition Lead on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health's Health Promotion Committee responds to the new position statement on infant feeding, published today by the Royal College of Midwives.
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New app launches to support parents
12 June 2018
Baby charity The Lullaby Trust has developed Baby Check, a free app that helps parents test their baby for different signs of illness and determine how unwell they are.
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More expertise needed to safeguard children’s urgent and emergency care services, say doctors
4 June 2018
New standards for emergency care settings highlight the need to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services.
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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data submission
We are accepting data for the 2024-25 audit year on the old NPDA Portal, and the deadline is 25 April.
We are now also accepting data for the 2025-26 audit year on the new NPDA platform. We encourage you to continue to submit your data on a quarterly basis.
The data submission deadlines for ...
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Body mass index (BMI) chart
The BMI centile is a simple and reliable indicator of a healthy body weight in childhood. Where severe overweight or underweight is a concern, or where there is a need for monitoring weight over time, BMI can be calculated and plotted on this chart.
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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) Hospital admissions and complications reports 2011-2020
The NPDA admission reports summarise acute emergency hospital admissions where the primary diagnosis is related to diabetes in children and young people cared for in Paediatric Diabetes Units (PDUs) in England and Wales.
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DCH Clinical examination candidate guide
The Diploma of Child Health (DCH) Clinical assesses whether candidates have reached the standard in clinical skills expected of a newly appointed General Practitioner (GP) who has completed a short period of training in paediatrics. It is one of two exams for the DCH, and is currently available to c...
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State of Child Health &Us 2018: Views from the RCPCH &Us network
This special report brings together views of children, young people and families looking at key themes from our flagship report. These include poverty, mental health, communication, PSHE (personal, social and health education), LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) and children’s rights.
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Understand 101 tool - RCPCH &Us
The 'Understand' model is designed for healthcare professionals to think about the why, how and what every time they work with children and young people.