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Supporting school attendance - a role for all healthcare practitioners

8 September 2025

As children and young people return to school, RCPCH has come together with the Royal College of Nursing on a briefing with our members on the role of healthcare practitioners in promoting school attendance.

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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee (Scottish Parliament): Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan - consultation response

In August 2025, we responded to a call for views into the proposed Good Food Nation National Plan. Our response highlights the importance of embedding child health and wellbeing at the heart of Scotland’s food policy. Below is a short summary, with our full response available in the downloads sectio...

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It’s back to school – President’s update

5 September 2025

Here in the UK and many parts of the world, children and young people are back at school, and the approaching autumn and winter seasons can mean things get busy for us paediatricians. The College has plenty of new resources to support your clinical and professional practice this year.

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RCPCH welcomes plans to ban sale of energy drinks for under-16s

3 September 2025

The government will consult on banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England due to negative impacts on children's physical and mental health.

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RCPCH responds to NSPCC polling data on physical punishment

21 August 2025

New NSPCC polling reveals four out of five parents with a child under 18 in England (81%) believe it’s unacceptable for adults to use physical punishment on their child, with a similar number of young adults (82%) in agreement.

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Groundhog or Marmot? Why I back Wales as the world's first Marmot Nation

20 August 2025

Wales is becoming the world's first 'Marmot Nation'. Can this help lift our healthcare system out of 'Groundhog Day' and bring real change to child health? Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, takes a look.

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Grand Round webinars 2025-26

06 February 2026

Our fortnightly series of free webinars replicates the 'Grand Round' that takes place in many hospitals, bringing high-quality medical education to paediatricians and child health professionals across the UK. Each 60-minute webinar features expert-led presentations on clinical and professional paedi...

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Gaza update, looking back and HRH visit - President's update

25 July 2025

In this issue we provide a new Gaza update, look back on our impact throughout 2024 & reflect on a Royal visit commemorating RCPCH &Us over the last 10 years.

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Launching the Sir Peter Tizard Bursary: Supporting the next generation of paediatric researchers

24 July 2025

We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 Sir Peter Tizard Bursary, a unique opportunity for early career paediatricians to undertake a national surveillance study through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU).

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Clean Air Day One month on

18 July 2025

It's been a busy month in the 'Clean Air' world, writes Dr Harry Apperley, who was until recently an RCPCH Clinical Fellow in our Heath Policy team. While there are often peaks of activity, it's gratifying and inspiring to see how the quieter periods of graft and grind come to fruition.