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�� comments on the Welsh Government’s Healthy Weight Healthy Wales delivery strategy

1 March 2022

On Tuesday 1 March the Welsh Government published its Healthy Weight Health Wales delivery plan for 2022-2024.

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�� responds to Nuffield Trust report on impact of the pandemic on children and young people

18 February 2022

The Nuffield Trust has published a report highlighting that children and young people are facing rapidly growing waiting times for health services on top of the disproportionate burden on their mental health brought on by the pandemic.

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Response to the NHS Race and Health Observatory report

14 February 2022

On Monday, 14 February 2022, the NHS Race and Health Observatory published a rapid review of ethnic inequalities in healthcare and within the NHS workforce.

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�� responds to the publication of a ‘deep dive’ review of maternity services at Cwm Taf

11 February 2022

Following publication of a report by Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives in 2019 that identified significant improvements to maternity services needed at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, the Welsh Government set up an Independent Maternity Se...

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Paediatricians respond to elective care backlog report

9 February 2022

On Tuesday 8 February, the Health Secretary published a ‘Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care’. NHS England published an accompanying letter highlighting to senior clinicians how the national body will work with them to take it forward. �� responds.

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Response to the Poverty and Inequality Commission advice on the Scottish government’s child poverty plan

27 January 2022

On Tuesday 25 January 2022, the Poverty and Inequality Commission published its advice to the Scottish Government on the Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26. The report concludes that child poverty isn’t reducing in Scotland; in fact, it remains at much the same level as before the Child Poverty Act...

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�� comments on school re-opening announcements

2 January 2022

As schools reopen following the winter break, �� comments:

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�� responds to announcement on vaccinations for 5-11 year olds

22 December 2021

Today the MHRA, JCVI and Ministers have given the go-ahead for vaccinations for some children aged 5-11. The �� has responded.

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�� response to General Medical Council's ‘The state of medical education and practice in the UK' report

17 December 2021

The General Medical Council (GMC) have published their latest report on the state of medical education and practice in the UK. This looks into the realities and challenges faced by medical professionals in the UK’s healthcare systems.

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�� comments on the article in the BMJ on addressing racist carers and parents in a paediatric setting

13 December 2021

On Monday 13 December 2021, the BMJ published an article on how to address racist parents and carers in a paediatric setting, the �� responds.