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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the Scottish budget 2023 to 2024
19 December 2022
The Scottish Budget for 2023 to 2024 was published on 15 December 2022.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Nuffield Council on Bioethics review of disagreements in the care of critically ill children
8 December 2022
On Thursday 8 December, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics announced it has been commissioned by the Department for Health and Social Care to conduct an independent review of the disagreements that arise between families and healthcare teams in the care of critically ill children.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the Chief Medical Officers’ 2022 report on air pollution
8 December 2022
On Thursday, 8 December 2022, the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report was published, focusing this year on the effect of air pollution on health, how it is changing, and solutions across a breadth of industries, including the NHS.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Welsh government's commitments on children and young people
6 December 2022
In October, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales published her annual report.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the Chancellor's Autumn statement
17 November 2022
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Autumn statement.
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RCPCH respond to UKHSA reports of Poliovirus in London
15 November 2022
UKHSA urges the public and parents of young children who may have missed their routine vaccinations to ensure their polio vaccinations are up-to-date. This page was first published on 24 June 2022, and has been updated to reflect UKHSA’s urgent update.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England 2021/22
3 November 2022
The report presents findings from the Government's National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) for England, 2021/22 school year.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to plans for migrant children to undergo X-rays to try and verify age
2 November 2022
RCPCH has been made aware of potential plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Auditor General for Wales’ report on poverty
2 November 2022
Audit Wales has published ‘Time for Change’ – Poverty in Wales, the first of three reviews on the challenge of alleviating and tackling poverty.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the delayed publication of UK air quality targets
31 October 2022
In March 2022, the Government launched its consultation on targets relating to the Environment Act 2021, determined to leave our environment in a better state than we found it.