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�� comments on national care service bill Scotland

22 June 2022

On 21 June 2022 the Scottish Government published the National Care Service Bill. The Bill as written allows Scottish Ministers to transfer social care responsibility from local authorities to a new, national service.

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For the first time all NHS trusts have a net zero strategy

16 June 2022

On Clean Air Day – 16th June 2022 – NHS England announced for the first time all 212 trusts have strategic plans in place to reach net zero.

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�� responds to BMA report – Delivering racial equality in medicine

15 June 2022

On Wednesday 15 June 2022, the British Medical Association published a landmark report on ‘Delivering racial equality in medicine’.

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�� responds to “Government food strategy” policy paper

14 June 2022

On 13 June 2022, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) published an updated food strategy.

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�� responds to news reports on potential for children refugees relocated to Rwanda

14 June 2022

Recent news reports have raised concerns that some age disputed children could be included as part of the Government's relocation of migrants to Rwanda under the UK Government's migration policy.

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�� responds to ‘Making smoking obsolete’, an independent review into smokefree 2030 policies

10 June 2022

On 9th June 2022, an independent report titled “Making smoking obsolete” was published making recommendations to the UK government to reach its objective for England to be smokefree by 2030.

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Welsh Government proposes new legislation to help tackle obesity

9 June 2022

The Welsh Government has opened consultations on proposals for legislation to reduce obesity in Wales.

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Top paediatricians recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours

2 June 2022

On 1 June, her Majesty the Queen announced her Birthday Honours List for 2022. We are delighted to congratulate several paediatricians who have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours alongside many other NHS colleagues who continue to work tirelessly to support the health of the nation as w...

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�� responds to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care

24 May 2022

On Monday 23 May 2022, the Independent Review of Children's Social Care was published. This follows a commitment from the Government in its 2019 manifesto to launch an independent review, and the authors call this a ‘moment’; ‘a once in a generation opportunity to fix child social care’.

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�� comments on polling showing cost of living crisis has made health worse

17 May 2022

On Tuesday 17 May, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) published data highlighting how the rising cost of living has worsened the nation’s health. �� is now calling on the Government to take action to support families.