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Minimum unit pricing comes into force in Scotland
1 May 2018
RCPCH Officer for Scotland says the move will ‘reduce harm to children’.
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BPSU study - Type 2 diabetes
Surveillance of type 2 diabetes in children and young people less than 17 years of age concluded in April 2016. This is a repeat of study from 2005 and the research team hope to identify the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in children and young people and understand how this has changed...
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Personal Child Health Record (PCHR)
The Personal Child Health Record, also known as the PCHR or 'red book', is a national standard health and development record given to parents/carers at a child's birth.
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Measuring up: The medical profession's prescription for the nation's obesity crisis
This report from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges presents 10 key recommendations – an ‘action plan’ – of steps that the organisation believes must be taken to make real inroads into tackling the obesity crisis in the UK.
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Inquiry into the emotional and mental health of children published
27 April 2018
The Children, Young People and Education Committee has published an inquiry on improving the emotional and mental health of children and young people in Wales.Â
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Poverty &Us - parents, carers and young people tell us how poverty impacts them
Parents, carers and young people from a temporary accommodation hostel in London took part in a session in October 2017. Here are their comments from their workshop and presentation to healthcare professionals.
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Abolish solitary confinement for children and young people
18 April 2018
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to take immediate steps to end the solitary confinement of children and young people in the youth justice system.
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Abolish postcode lottery to good dental health, say children’s doctors
11 April 2018
Children’s doctors are today calling for councils to give every child an equal opportunity to good dental health as a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users reveals around one quarter had problems accessing free NHS dental care.
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Tackling childhood cancer in developing countries
9 April 2018
One medical success story is increased cure rates for many childhood cancers - but this advance has only been in high income countries. We feature Tim Eden, founder of World Child Cancer.
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Sugar tax now in force
6 April 2018
This new measure aims to reduce childhood obesity rates and improve the health of the nation.