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Independent review into gender pay gaps in medicine in England

The College is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, and recognises that the gender pay gap is an important issue to members. This page sets out a summary of the review and signposts to further resources.

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Equality, diversity and inclusion

Workforce

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RCPCH publishes vision for the future of paediatrics

24 February 2021

The RCPCH today publishes the most comprehensive examination of the future of paediatrics in the UK ever undertaken.

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RCPCH calls on Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit

18 January 2021

Our Officer for Health Improvement calls on the Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. The uplift was introduced last year by the Chancellor in response to the pandemic, and is currently due to be removed from payments at the end of March.

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RCPCH calls for urgent review of meal packages

12 January 2021

Our Officer for Health Improvement reacts to reports and pictures of packages sent to families who rely on the free school meals programme.

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Paediatricians warn parents to be alert to signs of eating disorders over holidays

28 December 2020

Paediatricians have seen a huge rise in cases of anorexia nervosa and other food restriction disorders in this age group, with some reporting a doubling, tripling or even quadrupling of cases compared with the same period last year.

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Principles for conducting virtual consultations with children and young people

The principles described in this guidance aim to support clinicians who are consulting virtually with patients to provide care in a way that is in the best interests of children and young people, whilst protecting both from the risks associated with virtual consultations.

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Joint statement with the International Child Health Group (ICHG) on overseas aid

11 December 2020

We call on the government to keep its promise to the world’s poorest children to spend 0.7% of gross national income on foreign aid. The collateral impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing severe disruption to preventive and curative health services in the poorest settings, particularly for childr...

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Submission to the United Nations on children's rights

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) will be assessing how well the UK is implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 2022. As part of the process, RCPCH members, children and young people have supported the submission sharing ar...

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Engaging children and young people

Safeguarding

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��ֱ�� to new Ofsted reports regarding the impact of COVID-19 on children

10 November 2020

The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has published the latest in a series of reports on the impact of the pandemic on children. The reports are based on their observations made during inspections of schools, early years settings and children's services durin...

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Statement from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health about trainee redeployment

6 November 2020

We respond to surge guidance published by Health Education England (HEE).