Public health

News

Today we create our futures - President's blog

19 November 2021

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...

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RCPCH responds to sharp rise in rates of obesity in young children

16 November 2021

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.

News

Welsh Government launches its consultation, A Smoke-free Wales

10 November 2021

The target of the Welsh Government's long term tobacco control strategy, is a smoke-free Wales by 2030, or less than 5% of the population smoking. The RCPCH welcomes this announcement.

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Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Wales) - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues set out by the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee in Wales. As a College, we have highlighted climate change as a priority in our new three-year strategy and look forwar...

Public health

Climate change

News

Playing our part on climate change and beyond - President's blog

5 November 2021

Camilla reflects on the climate emergency, what the budget means for child health, breaking the cycle of deprivation and how a cycle ride showed the best of paediatrics.

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Health & Social Care Committee Sixth Senedd Priorities (Wales) - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues that the Health and Social Care Committee identified for consideration during the Sixth Senedd (2021-2026).

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Mental health

COVID-19

Children and young people's voice

Public health

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Children, Young People and Education Committee Sixth Senedd Priorities - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues that the Children, Young People and Education Committee identified for consideration during the Sixth Senedd (2021-2026), Wales.

COVID-19

Children and young people's voice

Public health

Wellbeing for children and young people

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Mandatory vaccination of health and social care staff in England - consultation responses

In October 2021 we responded to a Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on whether COVID-19 and flu vaccination should be made a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector in England. In February 2022 we responded to a further DHSC consultation following...

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College position statement on climate crisis

25 October 2021

Ahead of COP26 the College is calling on world leaders for action to limit the impact of climate change on child health and to acknowledge that the climate crisis is a child rights crisis.

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Future Planning Model for Northern Ireland – Consultation response

The Department of Health have commenced a programme of work to develop a new Integrated Care System model to replace the existing commissioning processes in Northern Ireland (NI) once the regional Health and Social Care Board ceases to function. The consultation sought input on the associated draft ...

Health policy

Public health

Health inequalities

Wellbeing for children and young people