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Health inequalities tool 2 - Develop clinical skills for talking to families

Many paediatricians may find it difficult to raise questions about poverty with families. We give some tips to make this subject more approachable.

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Health inequalities tool 1 - Improve your understanding of child poverty and health inequalities

This tool will help paediatricians understand how child poverty is defined in the UK context, including evidence of how poverty drives health inequalities and affects child health outcomes.

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Everyone deserves the world - a letter from children on health inequalities

Everyone is entitled to being healthy, happy and well, to be loved, not be hungry and be looked after.

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

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Health inequalities case studies

Social and economic inequalities have a significant impact on children's health outcomes. We are showcasing projects that are working to address health inequalities. These provide you as paediatricians with best practice examples of initiatives you might be able to replicate or implement in your loc...

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Child health inequalities driven by child poverty in the UK - position statement

Health inequalities are the avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health outcomes between different groups of babies, children and young people. The drivers of health inequalities are the social, economic and environmental factors in which individuals live that have an impact on their heal...

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RCPCH calls for increased financial support for families as cost-of-living rises

16 August 2022

Lower income families are now facing the most serious cost of living crisis in decades.

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RCPCH responds to Welsh report, ‘Mind the gap: what’s stopping change?’

15 July 2022

The Welsh NHS Confederation Health and Wellbeing Alliance has published a comprehensive report ‘Mind the gap: what’s stopping change?’, on why the current cost of living crisis is a health crisis and the health impact of growing inequalities across Wales.

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Using data to improve our communities - President's blog

15 July 2022

This week Camilla joined a symposium with an inspiring, energised group of professionals to look at the health inequalities identified in the 'Born in Bradford' programme - so how can we spread such ideas more widely?

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RCPCH responds to latest statistics on child poverty

12 July 2022

On 12 July 2022, the End Child Poverty Coalition, a coalition of charities of which RCPCH is a member, published statistics outlining rates of child poverty across the UK.

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Supporting volunteering and having your say - President's blog

1 June 2022

Ahead of the Jubilee Weekend and the start of Volunteers' Week, Camilla reflects on the significant contribution that individuals make to paediatrics and child health through volunteering. With the cost of living, Ukraine, hepatitis and Monkeypox also making the headlines, she shares some updates an...