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Dr Nick Wilkinson appointed as RCPCH Officer for Wales

4 May 2023

Dr Nick Wilkinson has become the new Officer for Wales at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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Stories of impact - on health care, outcomes and the quality of life for children and young people with diabetes

2 May 2023

In our second series of College Strategy 2021-24 podcasts we look at the Strategy in action. Hearing stories from clinicians, children and young people and staff about the impact our work has made on the community and within paediatric clinical practice.

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Workforce planning and sustainable staffing - changes to the NHS Pensions Scheme

29 March 2023

Following the Department of Health and Social Care consultation, proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme have been agreed as part of the government’s Spring Budget.

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Our voices: young people and climate change

6 March 2023

This podcast is created by young volunteers with RCPCH &Us and is all about climate change with some international guests from Ghana and others closer to home from the RCPCH Climate Change Working Group and RCPCH members.

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Just over six months until Progress+

23 February 2023

Our new two-level training programme comes in from August 2023. If you're feeling overwhelmed or just a bit nervous about this change, don't panic! Dr Cathryn Chadwick, VP for Training and Assessment and Dr Emma Dyer, Chair of the Trainees Committee explain.

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Group A strep - reinstatement of NICE sore throat guidance

17 February 2023

Interim guidance from NHS England has been stepped down, and clinicians are advised to use NICE guidance for sore throat.

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RCPCH responds to Welsh dentistry inquiry

15 February 2023

The Welsh Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into dentistry in Wales.

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RCPCH responds to the Welsh Government’s plan to address NHS workforce challenges

3 February 2023

The National Workforce Implementation Plan has been published in response to the additional demands on the NHS workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RCPCH responds to the DHSC NHS Pension Scheme consultation

30 January 2023

The NHS pension scheme open consultation, published in December 2022 by the Department of Health and Social Care, is focussed on changes relating to new retirement flexibilities and inflationary adjustment of the annual tax allowance.

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RCPCH responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2023 report

26 January 2023

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.