Public health

It is important to acknowledge the challenges we face, but Camilla reminds us how amazing our members are and how grateful children and their families are for the work you do.

On Monday 10 January, the Department of Health and Social Care in England launched a new campaign with the aim of encouraging parents to make ‘healthier choices’ when shopping for household groceries by using a new NHS Food Scanner App feature offering healthier alternatives. The campaign follows...

On 6 January 2022 the Health and Social Care Select Committee published a report to the UK Government with recommendations on tackling the backlog caused by the impact of the pandemic in England. The RCPCH provided evidence to the committee in September 2021 and has responded to the publication of t...

The Care Quality Commission has published a two-yearly survey of children and young people’s inpatient experiences covering November 2020 to January 2021 - RCPCH responds.

The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report today about children and young people's mental health.

The Institute for Health Visitors (IHV) has published its annual report on the state of health visiting in England. RCPCH responds.

The National Audit Office has today published its annual look at the NHS backlogs and waiting times in England, RCPCH responds.

This year will see a return to a face-to-face event for this conference for paediatricians from across Wales. Over the last few weeks we have been keeping a close watch on the restrictions for events in Wales, and we are well aware that current guidelines would not allow for the conference to go ahe...

Camilla writes about recent ‘virtual’ visits to Scotland and Sri Lanka and also discusses the enormity of the climate change challenges we face and how we all have a role to play. She talks about our new sustainable future with Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) online and highlights upcoming el...

NHS Digital today announced new figures showing a significant increase in obesity rates among primary-aged children. Obesity rates in both reception-aged and year 6 schoolchildren increased by around 4.5 percentage points between 2019-20 and 2020-21.