Health policy

The report highlights several serious health and safeguarding concerns for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK.

For the first time, global leaders will be looking at international action on climate and health at COP28’s Health Day. RCPCH have issued a letter to the COP28 Presidency and Health team, urging the prioritisation of child health in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the Home Secretary urging him to reconsider the use of x-rays as methods of age assessments for children seeking asylum in the UK.

RCPCH have supported the development of an open letter calling on all political parties to recognise the importance of clean air

In November 2023, we responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP). MUP was implemented in Scotland in 2018 and the consultation sought to discern whether it ought to continue. Below is a short summary, with our full response available in the downloads section.

Paediatricians are being asked to look out for measles amid the winter season while also calling on Government for the long-awaited vaccine strategy.

The report, Right Place, Right Care: Learning the Lessons from the UK Crisis in Urgent and Emergency Care in 2022, was published by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) provides cases studies and analysis of last year’s crisis in Emergency Care.

Join us in Cardiff for a transformative experience at this day-long event - where innovation meets inspiration. Our theme is ‘Shaping the Future’. The morning focuses on ‘Shaping our future’ for paediatricians, and the afternoon on ‘Shaping their future’ focusing on children. And so our event is ...

The Welsh Government has outlined their decision in an impact assessment document.

The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) has published a report summarising the number of child deaths up to 31 March 2023.