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#BreakTheBias on International Women's Day 2022
8 March 2022
Our President reflects on this year's theme for IWD, and what we can achieve if we work together.
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Workforce amendment in the Lords gets voted through
3 March 2022
Members of the House of Lords have voted to require the regular publication of health and care workforce projections as part of the Health and Care Bill. The amendment was tabled by Baroness Cumberlege and has been championed in the Commons by Jeremy Hunt MP.
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RCPCH comments on the Welsh Government’s Healthy Weight Healthy Wales delivery strategy
1 March 2022
On Tuesday 1 March the Welsh Government published its Healthy Weight Health Wales delivery plan for 2022-2024.
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RCPCH stands in solidarity with health workers in Ukraine and calls for protection for children and young people
27 February 2022
Dr Camilla Kingdon, President of RCPCH comments.
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Response to the NHS Race and Health Observatory report
14 February 2022
On Monday, 14 February 2022, the NHS Race and Health Observatory published a rapid review of ethnic inequalities in healthcare and within the NHS workforce.
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NI Executive Draft Environment Strategy - consultation response
In January 2022, we responded to a consultation by the Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs (DAERA), on behalf of the Northern Ireland Executive, on the draft Environment Strategy. RCPCH Ireland responded to draft Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
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Paediatricians call on politicians to honour the New Decade, New Approach Agreement
4 February 2022
Yesterday, on 3 February 2022, the First Minister for Northern Ireland (NI) announced his resignation. The announcement has caused concern and confusion around the continuity of the political institutions, the timing of the 2022 election and the progression of outstanding policy and legislation incl...
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RCPCH launches climate change action plan for 2022
31 January 2022
The College’s climate change action plan is the beginning of a three-year programme of work focused on the impacts of climate change on child health.
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Response to the Poverty and Inequality Commission advice on the Scottish government’s child poverty plan
27 January 2022
On Tuesday 25 January 2022, the Poverty and Inequality Commission published its advice to the Scottish Government on the Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26. The report concludes that child poverty isn’t reducing in Scotland; in fact, it remains at much the same level as before the Child Poverty Act...
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From infectious disease research to climate change bootcamp: why I got involved in the College’s Climate Change Working Group
18 January 2022
Dr Dayo Ajayi-Obe is a Consultant Paediatrician at Hammersmith Hospital and a member of the international stream of the College’s Climate Change Working Group. In her blog, she details her experiences in research and the links between climate change and the spread of infectious diseases.