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NHS 10 year plan: Focusing on preventing sickness, not just treating it - briefing

This briefing is one of the three proposed shifts in the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS in England. We highlight the challenges with spotting illnesses earlier and tackling the causes of ill health. We outline our recommendations to support a shift within the NHS from treating illness to preventing...

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�鶹ӰԺ publishes updated LGBTQ+ principle statement

21 November 2024

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has updated their LGBTQ+ principle statement a part of a regular review process.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to Impact on Urban Health’s ‘More than a meal’ report

20 November 2024

The report documents how since the policy roll out in 2023, nearly 270,000 children across London were entitled to free school meals.

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Eligibility for Healthy Start (England, Northern Ireland & Wales) - consultation response

In October 2024 we responded to The Department of Health and Social Care's consultation on the eligibility to the Healthy Start scheme. The purpose of this consultation was to seek views on whether eligibility for Healthy Start should be extended further to include others who are prevented from acce...

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to child death review March 2024

14 November 2024

The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) has published a report summarising the number of child deaths up to 31 March 2024.

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Child health at the centre of decision-making - President's update

8 November 2024

The UK Government’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill provides us with an opportunity to meet one of our goals in the newly published College Strategy, and we're speaking with MPs to support the measures.

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�鶹ӰԺ: Action needed on poverty and high sugar products as childhood obesity rates persist

5 November 2024

Paediatricians call for action as obesity levels among children starting their first year of school have increased to almost one in ten.

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Paediatricians welcome the return of Tobacco & Vapes Bill

5 November 2024

The UK Government has re-introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to phase out smoking, restrict youth access to vaping, and expand smoke-free areas.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to the Autumn budget

30 October 2024

The Government has delivered their first budget statement post-election.

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Huge win for child health and planet as Government announces ban on disposable vapes

24 October 2024

The UK Government has today announced a ban on disposable vapes taking place from 1 June 2025 in England and has highlighted similar bans will be brought forward across the nations.