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�� comments on Government decision to delay restrictions on unhealthy advertising

16 May 2022

On Friday 14 May, the Department for Health and Social Care announced they would delay restrictions on advertising foods high in fat, salt or sugar for a year.

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�� welcomes Baroness Hallett’s letter to Prime Minister to call for children to be included as part of COVID-19 inquiry

12 May 2022

Baroness Hallett, chair of the COVID-19 public inquiry has written to the Prime Minister to request the terms of reference are expanded to include a focus on children. This follows a four-week consultation on the inquiry draft terms of reference which received over 20,000 responses, including from R...

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�� responds to recent headlines on smacking

25 April 2022

The Children's Commissioner for England has said she supports a ban on smacking children in England. Wales recently became the second nation in the UK to ban smacking with the move enshrined in law in March. Scotland implemented a ban in November 2020.

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Increase in hepatitis cases in children under investigation

7 April 2022

�� responds to higher than usual rates of liver inflammation (hepatitis) in children. This page was updated on 11 May to reflect findings from the ongoing UKHSA investigation.

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�� concerned about reported plans not to ban conversion therapy for transgender people

7 April 2022

�� comments on a reported decision by the UK Government to only ban conversion therapy for gay and bisexual people in England and Wales but not for transgender people.

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��’s response to the latest IPCC report on climate change

6 April 2022

On Monday 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the final instalment of its sixth assessment report ' Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change.'

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�� and BAPM statement – response to the Ockenden review

30 March 2022

On 30 March 2022 Donna Ockenden published the ‘findings, conclusions and essential actions’ following her independent review of maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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�� statement on early medical abortion by telemedicine

22 March 2022

As the provision of early medical abortions by telemedicine across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland varies, �� has put together a statement with our approach in principle to the policy.

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�� responds to publication of the interim report from the Cass Review

10 March 2022

An Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People was commissioned by NHS England and NHS Improvement in Autumn 2020 to make recommendations about the services provided by the NHS to children and young people who are questioning their gender identity or experiencing gen...

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Response to the reported strike on a children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine

9 March 2022

On Wednesday, 9 March 2022, it was reported that Russian artillery had hit a children’s and maternity hospital in Mariupol, a city located in the south of Ukraine.