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The Future of General Practice in Wales - consultation response

In March 2025, we responded to the Senedd Health and Social Care Committee's call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales.

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10 Year Health Plan for England - member briefing on the published plan

The UK Government published the 10 Year Health Plan on 3 July 2025, outlining long-term priorities for improving the health system and health outcomes in England. Over past six months the RCPCH Health Policy team have been making the case for children and the child health workforce - with input from...

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Child health roundtable, clean air update and new global officer - President's update

30 June 2025

In this edition Steve talks about chairing a Westminster roundtable on child health workforce challenges, highlighting burnout, systemic inefficiencies, and the need for holistic, community-based solutions. He also raises RCPCH launching a Child Health Workforce Alliance and continuing advocacy acr...

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Demand for Northern Ireland’s children’s community services skyrockets by almost 86%

26 June 2025

The waiting list for outpatient community paediatrics in Northern Ireland rose by 85.9% from September 2020 to September 2023.

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Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) updates from the UK nations - patient safety spotlight

23 June 2025

Colleagues share the journey of the PEWS programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and England, reflecting on standardising across the many and varied types of units, and future plans for improvement across the nations.

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From reform to opportunity? What the NHS England merger and ICB reform could mean for child health

18 June 2025

Child health outcomes have been allowed to decline for too long. But, argue Liam Sollis, Associate Director of Policy & External Affairs and Dr Mike McKean, RCPCH Vice President for Policy, here is an opportunity to reshape the future of child health in England.

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Dramatic rise in waiting times is leaving children across Wales without the community care they need, says paediatricians

17 June 2025

Report shows massive increase in waiting times for children’s community health services, with many health boards seeing demand double.

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Engaging with front line care, re-named diploma and ban on single use vaping - President's update

11 June 2025

Two projects which have been in gestation for a long time have both been delivered, pretty much at the same time. The waiting for a bus analogy, writes Steve, is so true!

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RCPCH welcomes the latest urgent and emergency care plan

6 June 2025

The urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 is a strategy aimed at addressing the increasing demand on emergency services in England.

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Report shows hundreds of thousands of children left waiting for vital community care services

21 May 2025

With over 310,000 children in England currently waiting for community health services, paediatricians remain unclear on how the Government’s ‘shift care to the community’ plans will work in practice.