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Medicines for Children shortlisted for a 2018 HSJ Award
4 September 2018
Our medicines information resource for parents and children is shortlisted for the 鈥淥ptimisation of Medicines Management鈥 category of the Health Service Journal Award, which celebrates healthcare excellence.
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Please write to me: new guidance for doctors
4 September 2018
Writing directly to patients and their families or carers, rather than to General Practitioners, can help the patient-doctor relationship and improve patients' understanding of their condition. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has created this new guidance for doctors.
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Campaign launches to improve management of childhood asthma
3 September 2018
RCPCH supports the #AskAboutAsthma campaign as NHS in London ask sufferers to 鈥榯ake three small steps to improve lives鈥.
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Government to consult on banning the sale of energy drinks to children
29 August 2018
RCPCH President, Professor Russell Viner, responds to the announcement saying "the growing market for energy drinks and potential for harm to children and young people clearly warrants further scrutiny."
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One in four 14-year-old girls self-harm, says Children's Society
28 August 2018
RCPCH's Dr Max Davie responds, saying a joined up approach to mental health is needed.
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RCPCH statement on the MMR vaccine
22 August 2018
Professor Helen Bedford stresses the importance of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in response to news that measles rates in Europe have hit a record high in this decade.
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九秀直播 to the Scottish Government's suicide prevention plan
9 August 2018
Scotland's Mental Health Minister, Clare Haughey, today announced the country's new suicide prevention plan. Dr Donald Macgregor of the 九秀直播 to this announcement.
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UK鈥檚 most vulnerable children at risk of 鈥榝alling through gaps鈥 say children鈥檚 doctors
31 July 2018
The RCPCH launch the 鈥楥CT Class of 2016 鈥 Where are they now?鈥 report, which reveals that just 9.6% of newly trained paediatricians took up a consultant post in community child health, raising concerns for child health.
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Cannabis-derived medicinal products to be legally prescribed
27 July 2018
RCPCH Registrar, Dr Mike Linney, says the decision will 'come as a relief for some'. He warns parents in the meantime to not give children unlicensed cannabinoid oil products.
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RCPCH reacts to Government's mental health green paper response
25 July 2018
RCPCH's Officer for Health Promotion, Dr Max Davie, reacts to the Government's response to Children and Young Person's Mental Health Green Paper, saying they have "missed an opportunity with their response".