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Leading Welsh paediatricians gather in Swansea to present latest research

22 June 2018

Welsh Paediatric Society Clinical Meeting in association with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Adverse effects of indoor air pollution on child health to be investigated in first ever UK review

19 June 2018

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK.

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More expertise needed to safeguard children’s urgent and emergency care services, say doctors

4 June 2018

New standards for emergency care settings highlight the need to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services.

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More resource needed or we’ll ‘burn out’ and services will become more unsafe say children’s doctors

25 April 2018

Additional resourcing of children’s health services is urgently needed as a new report highlights the daily struggle hospitals face to meet standards that provide children with high quality, safe and consistent healthcare.

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Abolish postcode lottery to good dental health, say children’s doctors

11 April 2018

Children’s doctors are today calling for councils to give every child an equal opportunity to good dental health as a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users reveals around one quarter had problems accessing free NHS dental care.

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New research by the �� and Nuffield Trust reveals UK lagging behind peers on child health

15 March 2018

According to a new international analysis looking at child health measures over time and across 14 comparable countries, published today by the �� and the Nuffield Trust, child health outcomes for babies and young children in the UK are poor compared to comparable countries.

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Experts urge government to fortify flour with folic acid

29 January 2018

A new study reinforces calls for the Department of Health to approve the fortification of flour with folic acid to protect against neural tube defects in babies

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Westminster urged to look to Wales as nation puts child health first

23 January 2018

Children’s doctors are praising the Welsh Government for its commitment to child health, but warns promises ‘must be delivered’, as a new scorecard, published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (��), reveals Wales is well ahead of Westminster in terms of progress against i...

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New figures reveal over 28% of Welsh children are living in poverty

23 January 2018

The End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. In Wales, the figures show that over 28% of children are living in poverty, and in some constituency, this rises to a 1/3 of all children.

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Fragmented approach to child health damaging long term health of nation, �� warns

17 January 2018

Child health is suffering at the hands of a disjointed approach from central Government is the warning from the �� as it publishes its “State of Child Health: One year on” scorecard today. The scorecards for England, Scotland and Wales describe progress against the series of recommendations made ...