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Wellbeing for children and young people

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Health inequalities rampant in PICU admissions

13 December 2024

The Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) has published a report summarising paediatric critical care activity within paediatric intensive care units (PICU) between 2021 and 2023.

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Paediatricians welcome news that two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland

4 December 2024

The Scottish Government has set out its proposed spending and tax plans for 2025 to 2026.

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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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�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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�鶹ӰԺ responds to Darzi Review

12 September 2024

Lord Ara Darzi has published the findings of an independent review of the NHS.

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�鶹ӰԺ responds to Scottish Government’s ‘Programme for Government’

5 September 2024

The Scottish Government has unveiled their Programme for Government and confirms their commitment to end child poverty.

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If schooling underwent a technology appraisal, could we fund it?

15 August 2024

Persistent school absence, which is higher since the pandemic, is associated with poor long term health outcomes and reduced life opportunities in Wales and across the UK. Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales explores the issue.