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Living our values when it counts most - President's blog

28 April 2023

Camilla sends hope to colleagues in Sudan. She shares thoughts on the updated Healthcare Standards for Children and Young People in Secure Settings and gives a timely reminder on the updated training programme structure: Progress+.

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Updated standards published to enhance the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children in secure settings

24 April 2023

The newly refreshed standards place a greater emphasis on building trusting relationships with children, the continuity of care, listening to their thoughts and wishes and including them in decisions about their care.

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RCPCH responds to the Hewitt review

5 April 2023

In November 2022, the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt was commissioned to lead an independent review of integrated care systems in England.

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Health outcomes continue to worsen for UK children – say leading children’s doctors

31 March 2023

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) warns that across most indicators, health outcomes are worsening for children who live in deprived areas.

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RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s Health Inequalities Report 2023

30 March 2023

RCPCH responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s most recent annual report focussing on health inequalities covering the 2021 reporting period where data was available.

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Ensuring the needs of children are not forgotten - a perspective on what it means to be an RCPCH Ambassador

27 March 2023

Dr Steve Jones is a consultant paediatrician and RCPCH Ambassador for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. He tells us how he is advocating to raise the profile of children and young people in his Integrated Care System (ICS).

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COVID-19 Recovery Committee (Scottish Parliament): long COVID inquiry - consultation response

In February 2023, we responded to this inquiry, with feedback from members in Scotland. Unlike some parts of the UK, Scotland does not have a specific service aimed at long COVID, nor one focussed on children and young people with chronic fatigue and pain. Read a short summary of our response and re...

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Never a dull week – President’s blog

17 March 2023

From the three days of NHS strike action to the spring budget, there has been a lot to react to this week. Camilla reflects also on our advocacy on migrant health as well as upcoming genomics webinars this month.

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RCPCH responds to Spring Budget

15 March 2023

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring Budget.

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RCPCH urges government to seize unique workforce plan opportunity

13 March 2023

Paediatricians are calling for action ahead of the budget on Wednesday 15 March, and following data from the NHS staff survey, as well as NHS England’s publication of the referral to treatment waiting times data for January 2023.