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RCPCH responds to the Scottish Budget 2024-25
20 December 2023
The Scottish Government has published its Scottish Budget for 2024 to 2025.
Wellbeing for children and young people
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Feed me now, Seymour
14 December 2023
Whether it's rating the best mince pie, talking about creative ads or comparing family traditions, the Christmas season is here. But, says Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, what are our national priorities when it comes to food security?
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RCPCH responds to worrying health data in latest children's commissioners report on children seeking asylum
30 November 2023
The report highlights several serious health and safeguarding concerns for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK.
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Health and social workers urge Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office to reconsider unethical age assessments for children seeking asylum
27 November 2023
Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary urging him to reconsider the use of x-rays as methods of age assessments for children seeking asylum in the UK.
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Measles resurgence forces children's doctors to update national guidance ahead of potential outbreak
21 November 2023
Paediatricians are being asked to look out for measles amid the winter season while also calling on Government for the long-awaited vaccine strategy.
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RCPCH Wales responds to Welsh Government’s decision not to extend school meals during holidays
17 November 2023
The Welsh Government has outlined their decision in an impact assessment document.
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RCPCH responds to latest National Child Mortality Database figures
10 November 2023
The National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) has published a report summarising the number of child deaths up to 31 March 2023.
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Care by the right people, in the right place at the right time
23 October 2023
This blog by Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales, was created as part of the Wales eBulletin for October 2023.
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Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Wales – consultation response
In September 2023 we responded to the Welsh Government consultation on the Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Wales. The Welsh Government consulted on five objectives which they thought would change the lives of children and young people in poverty.
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Child health inequalities and climate change in the UK - position statement
Climate change poses an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people, but it is not experienced equally. This position statement focuses on how climate change exacerbates child health inequalities. Actions to combat climate change could improve child health equity, an...