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Scotland

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Workforce census: Focus on SAS doctors (2019)

This report, published in May 2019, focuses on the findings about Specialty, Associate Specialist and Staff (SAS) grade doctors from the workforce census 2017, and makes four key recommendations for employers and workforce planners to support this group.

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Physical activity – consultation response

In 2018 we responded to UKactive KIDS’ consultation on children’s health and physical activity. We welcome efforts to encourage children and young people to regularly partake in physical activity, which has physical and mental health benefits to their health.

Health policy

Public health

Nutrition

Wellbeing for children and young people

News

�鶹ӰԺ responds to WHO physical activity guidelines

25 April 2019

New guidelines from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for children under 5 are “useful benchmarks” but require cautious interpretation, says RCPCH's Dr Max Davie.

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Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care – consultation response

We submitted written evidence to the Lord Darzi Review in 2018 laying out our vision for the health and care system in 2030 that is built around a properly invested interoperable information system that supports health professionals to drive innovation and quality improvement.

Data

Health policy

Workforce

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The Future of General Practice – consultation response

We responded to a questionnaire the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) issued in 2018 to make the case for integration between primary care and the child health service.

Primary care

Health policy

Service design

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Evidence to inform ‘The Future of the NHS’ – consultation response

We submitted evidence in 2018 to The Lancet outlining the poor health of children in the UK, the impact imposed by inadequate investments in healthcare services and the pressures on the child health workforce.

Health policy

Service design

Workforce

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�鶹ӰԺ Progress+ domain resources: Safeguarding

The safety of all children is paramount and the divine factor of all areas in paediatrics. This domain requires the trainee to consider safeguarding as an essential element of all aspects of paediatric healthcare practice be that with children and young people, parents and carers, other care profess...

Children and young people's voice

News

New advice seeks to prevent parent/doctor conflict in paediatrics

18 April 2019

We issue advice to healthcare professionals in light of high profile cases.

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NNAP/NDAU Collaborators' meeting 2019 - presentations

The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) and Neonatal Data Analysis Unit (NDAU) Collaborators' meetings are a great opportunity to network and learn more about how data is being used to monitor and improve neonatal care. Take a look at this year's presentations.

Neonatal medicine

Maternity

Quality improvement

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Achieving consensus - on prevention, recognition and management of conflict in paediatric practice

Conflict can arise between health professionals and the parents of children not only where there is disagreement on the withdrawal or withholding of life sustaining treatment but also in more general routine care. In this paper for paediatricians and other health professionals, published in the Arch...

Area of medicine

Palliative care

Ethics