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Health inequalities

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��ֱ�� to JRF’s UK Poverty 2024 Report

23 January 2024

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows 3 in every 10 children in the UK are living in poverty.

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RCPCH and partners launch new report on Good Food for Children

16 January 2024

Alongside a coalition of leaders in public health, the College has collaborated on a report exploring simple steps to extend existing Government programmes on childhood nutrition.

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��ֱ�� to the Scottish Budget 2024-25

20 December 2023

The Scottish Government has published its Scottish Budget for 2024 to 2025.

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��ֱ�� to Infection related deaths of children and young people in England report

18 December 2023

The report is compiled of data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) to investigate infection related deaths in children and young people.

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A merry final message of 2023 - President’s blog

15 December 2023

As the year draws to a close, Camilla welcomes our new President-elect and pays tribute to all the candidates who stood in the President election. She also reflects on the COP28 conference and highlights the great work of the 17 CYP Climate Changers, who contributed to the College's recent parliamen...

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��ֱ�� to long awaited vaccine strategy

13 December 2023

NHS England has published its overdue vaccination strategy, ‘Shaping the future delivery of NHS vaccination and immunisation services’.

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RCPCH publishes updated position statement on childhood vaccinations

7 December 2023

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has updated its vaccination position statement from 2020 to include recent data on vaccination uptake and key recommendations to UK governments.

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Health and social workers urge ��ֱ�� Office to reconsider unethical age assessments for children seeking asylum

27 November 2023

Leading paediatricians, dentists and social care workers have written to the ��ֱ�� 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.