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RCPCH responds to Spending Review
12 June 2025
The Chancellor has delivered her spending review for 2025.
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Engaging with front line care, re-named diploma and ban on single use vaping - President's update
11 June 2025
Two projects which have been in gestation for a long time have both been delivered, pretty much at the same time. The waiting for a bus analogy, writes Steve, is so true!
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RCPCH welcomes the latest urgent and emergency care plan
6 June 2025
The urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 is a strategy aimed at addressing the increasing demand on emergency services in England.
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RCPCH responds to the expansion of free school meals in England
5 June 2025
The Government has announced plans to expand free schools meals to all children in reciept of universal credit.
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Standing up for children’s health - President's update
23 May 2025
Steve updates members on our calls to UK Government about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He highlights opportunities to contribute to a review of children's hearing services, a national play strategy and our own campaign to strengthen community child health services, with two briefings now publish...
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Strengthening community child health services
Services in all four nations of the UK are facing significant challenges in delivering care to children and their families. We have been analysing data where available and gathering insights from our members, and are calling for change.
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Collaborative Healthcare in England: Delivering the services children need in the community
RCPCH has long called for a greater focus on and investment in children’s community health services, which support some of our most vulnerable children and their families. The latest available data covering March 2025 shows that more than 314,000 children and young people are waiting for community h...
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Report shows hundreds of thousands of children left waiting for vital community care services
21 May 2025
With over 310,000 children in England currently waiting for community health services, paediatricians remain unclear on how the Government’s ‘shift care to the community’ plans will work in practice.
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RCPCH responds to latest Northern Ireland youth vaping report
16 May 2025
The Public Health Agency (PHA) has published new research – the ‘Behavioural insights into youth vaping in Northern Ireland' report.
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Thirteen leading public health organisations call on Government to outlaw physical punishment
15 May 2025
Leading health organisations have joined together in calling for the removal of the "reasonable punishment" defence in England as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.