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Health outcomes continue to worsen for UK children – say leading children’s doctors

31 March 2023

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (��) warns that across most indicators, health outcomes are worsening for children who live in deprived areas.

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�� responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s Health Inequalities Report 2023

30 March 2023

�� responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s most recent annual report focussing on health inequalities covering the 2021 reporting period where data was available.

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Our voices: young people and climate change

6 March 2023

This podcast is created by young volunteers with �� &Us and is all about climate change with some international guests from Ghana and others closer to home from the �� Climate Change Working Group and �� members.

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Making the NHS more sustainable - let us know about your projects

6 March 2023

Are you involved in a project or initiative in your local area that is working to make the NHS more sustainable? If so, we want to hear from you.

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�� welcomes free school meals for primary school children in London

20 February 2023

The Mayor of London's has announced that he will provide free school meals to all London's primary school children for the next academic year.

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Supporting personal choice – President’s blog

17 February 2023

Camilla's thoughts are with junior doctors and trainees this week, as they consider the BMA ballot. She also shares our call to support #EllasLaw and ask MPs to take action on clean air.

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�� launches action in support of the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill

15 February 2023

15 February 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. Ella was the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death. Since her death, Ella’s mother Rosamund has campaigned tirelessly for clean air to become a human right.

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�� responds to Welsh dentistry inquiry

15 February 2023

The Welsh Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into dentistry in Wales.

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�� responds to rollout of Family Hubs in England

10 February 2023

DHSC have announced that seventy-five areas will receive up to £300 million of investment up to 2025, with new family hubs offering support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.

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UK Government finally confirms that the long-awaited Health Disparities White Paper is shelved

26 January 2023

Today (26 January) the UK Government finally confirmed that the Health Disparities White Paper will not be going ahead.