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End of the year update from the President
20 December 2024
Pulling it all together through the lens of our new strategy.
Wellbeing for children and young people
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Health inequalities rampant in PICU admissions
13 December 2024
The Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet) has published a report summarising paediatric critical care activity within paediatric intensive care units (PICU) between 2021 and 2023.
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Paediatricians welcome news that two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland
4 December 2024
The Scottish Government has set out its proposed spending and tax plans for 2025 to 2026.
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RCPCH publishes updated LGBTQ+ principle statement
21 November 2024
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has updated their LGBTQ+ principle statement a part of a regular review process.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Impact on Urban Health’s ‘More than a meal’ report
20 November 2024
The report documents how since the policy roll out in 2023, nearly 270,000 children across London were entitled to free school meals.
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RCPCH: Action needed on poverty and high sugar products as childhood obesity rates persist
5 November 2024
Paediatricians call for action as obesity levels among children starting their first year of school have increased to almost one in ten.
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Paediatricians welcome the return of Tobacco & Vapes Bill
5 November 2024
The UK Government has re-introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to phase out smoking, restrict youth access to vaping, and expand smoke-free areas.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to the Autumn budget
30 October 2024
The Government has delivered their first budget statement post-election.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Darzi Review
12 September 2024
Lord Ara Darzi has published the findings of an independent review of the NHS.
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¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ to Scottish Government’s ‘Programme for Government’
5 September 2024
The Scottish Government has unveiled their Programme for Government and confirms their commitment to end child poverty.