Health policy

NHS England published referral to treatment waiting times for April 2022 on 16 June 2022. For the first time, we have a full year of consultant-led paediatric waiting lists data.

Recent news reports have raised concerns that some age disputed children could be included as part of the Government's relocation of migrants to Rwanda under the UK Government's migration policy.

On 9th June 2022, an independent report titled “Making smoking obsolete” was published making recommendations to the UK government to reach its objective for England to be smokefree by 2030.

The Welsh Government has opened consultations on proposals for legislation to reduce obesity in Wales.

On Thursday 26 May, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published their independent report following the deaths of two children Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson. 

The Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care have this review about how to improve services and support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and in alternative provision in England. We are keen to hear members’ views as we prepare the...

On Thursday 26 May, RCPCH launched a new resource for healthcare professionals, service planners and families of children with complex medical needs to draw upon when requesting, providing and receiving an external second opinion (ESO).