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Safeguarding in Wales - survey response
In June 2025, we responded to a Welsh Government stakeholder engagement survey on 'mandated reporters' and the code of safeguarding practice.
Safeguarding
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Collaborative Healthcare in Northern Ireland: Delivering the services children need in the community
This report, published in June 2025, outlines how the demands on community paediatrics in Northern Ireland have increased significantly in recent times, with long waiting lists to access care and ongoing support for children and young people.
We ask the NI Government to deliver a community paedia...
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Collaborative Healthcare in Wales: Delivering the services children need in the community
This report, published in June 2025 (in both English and Welsh languages), outlines the devastating impact of prolonged underinvestment in community child health services on children, young people and families across Wales. We ask the Welsh Government to direct health boards, local authorities and p...
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RCPCH Officer for Child Protection receives OBE for safeguarding work
13 June 2025
Professor Andrew Rowland has been appointed as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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Collaborative Healthcare in England: Delivering the services children need in the community
RCPCH has long called for a greater focus on and investment in children’s community health services, which support some of our most vulnerable children and their families. The latest available data covering March 2025 shows that more than 314,000 children and young people are waiting for community h...
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Ending the physical punishment of children - open letter from health organisations
In 2025, it cannot be right that children, the youngest and most vulnerable group in society, are the least protected from physical assault. RCPCH are campaigning, alongside supporters from across the sector for equal protection for all children in the UK.
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Thirteen leading public health organisations call on Government to outlaw physical punishment
15 May 2025
Leading health organisations have joined together in calling for the removal of the "reasonable punishment" defence in England as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
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Collaborative Healthcare in Scotland: Delivering the services children need in the community
This report, published in May 2025, puts a spotlight on community child health services in Scotland, addressing challenges and providing recommendations to strengthen community paediatric services. We urge the Scottish Government and health boards to publish consistent and uniform community paediatr...
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Statement and Report Writing: Level 3, Scotland - March 2027
11 March 2027
Online
This one-day online course explores how to write statements and reports that document the valuable information needed for effective investigation in child protection cases.
This course is focused purely on law in Scotland.
It is held online, via Zoom. The course times are in GMT (Greenwich Mea...
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Statement and Report Writing: Level 3, England/Wales - June 2027
23 June 2027
Online
This one-day online course explores how to write statements and reports that document the valuable information needed for effective investigation in child protection cases, focused purely on English and Welsh law. It will be held via Zoom in British Summer Time (BST).