Wellbeing for children and young people

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Poverty &Us - parents, carers and young people tell us how poverty impacts them

Parents, carers and young people from a temporary accommodation hostel in London took part in a session in October 2017. Here are their comments from their workshop and presentation to healthcare professionals.

Public health

Health inequalities

Nutrition

Wellbeing for children and young people

Poverty

News

Abolish solitary confinement for children and young people

18 April 2018

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to take immediate steps to end the solitary confinement of children and young people in the youth justice system.

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Our responses to health policy consultations 2018

Our response to a wide range of health policy consultations ensures that the College's position, and ultimately children's health, is represented. Here, you can browse our responses to health policy consultations for the current year.

Wellbeing for children and young people

Safeguarding

News

New figures reveal over 28% of Welsh children are living in poverty

23 January 2018

The End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. In Wales, the figures show that over 28% of children are living in poverty, and in some constituency, this rises to a 1/3 of all children.

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Fragmented approach to child health damaging long term health of nation, RCPCH warns

17 January 2018

Child health is suffering at the hands of a disjointed approach from central Government is the warning from the RCPCH as it publishes its “State of Child Health: One year on” scorecard today. The scorecards for England, Scotland and Wales describe progress against the series of recommendations made ...

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Chatterbox game on five ways of healthy wellbeing

Based on the classic children's game, this game provides ‘Facts vs Myths’ surrounding the subject of mental health, which can enable a teacher/healthcare professional to facilitate a discussion regarding this issue.

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

RCPCH &Us

Wellbeing for children and young people

Safeguarding

Resource

Doctor's pocketbook for talking to young patients about mental health

Developed by our summer intern Papia (age 17) in 2016, this tool shows young people's expectations for consultations with their doctors.

Engaging children and young people

Children and young people's voice

Wellbeing for children and young people

Quality improvement

Comic Relief - UK Main Grants [CLOSED]

Comic Relief primarily makes grants to create long-term change to help achieve a world where everyone is safe, healthy, educated and empowered.

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Project grant

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£50,001 to £100,000

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Child mental health

We must work together to improve children's mental health - to put resources into early intervention and prevention, building resilience and ensuring our workforce is trained to spot the signs of mental ill health and equipped to refer and support children.