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No room at the inn - the hospital over Christmas

19 December 2024

Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, explores - with a seasonal twist - the challenges surrounding hospital admissions during the festive season for both patients and practitioners.

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Rota gaps survey findings 2024

According to our UK-wide survey of College members, paediatric services in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are facing rota gaps of over 20%, with Wales services at 11.3%. Tier 2 rotas were generally more impacted than Tier 1 and combined general/neonatal services had the highest gaps. Less th...

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Physician Associates - RCPCH response to member consultation

On 28 November 2024 RCPCH published the results of our member survey on the role of Physician Associates (PAs) in paediatrics. This follows an interim statement made on 31 October 2024 which called for a pause in recruitment of PAs in paediatrics, a step which was agreed with the RCPCH Executive Com...

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Survey findings on paediatricians views and experiences of PAs in paediatrics now published

28 November 2024

RCPCH is today (28 November 2024) publishing the results of our member consultation survey on the role of Physician Associates (PAs) in paediatrics.

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Squaring the circle - how to make the Darzi report work for child health in Wales

25 November 2024

Dr Nick Wilkinson, Officer for Wales, discusses the value of stewardship - effective oversight - and how to adopt stewardship at a whole system level.

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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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NNAP webinar recording: Key findings and national recommendations from the 2023 Summary Report

This webinar, recorded in October 2024, reviewed the key findings and national recommendations from the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) 'State of the nation' summary report on 2023 data.

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A silver slipper? Two new champions for child health

28 October 2024

Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales explores the importance of sponsorship and new opportunities in this blog.

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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.

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47 organisations demand Welsh government cabinet secretaries and ministers to work to reduce the impact of poverty and inequalities

22 October 2024

Currently Wales has one of the highest poverty rates among the four UK nations, with 29% of children and 21% of working aged people living in poverty and this is driving inequalities across Wales. A national cross-government delivery plan to tackle poverty and inequality is desperately needed.