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Royal Colleges demonstrate the efforts of the workforce in improving child health outcomes

24 June 2025

The Welsh Royal Colleges Child Health Collaborative (WRCCHC) unites over 20 Royal Colleges and professional bodies to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people and the professionals who support them in Wales.

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Dramatic rise in waiting times is leaving children across Wales without the community care they need, says paediatricians

17 June 2025

Report shows massive increase in waiting times for children’s community health services, with many health boards seeing demand double.

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Collaborative Healthcare in Wales: Delivering the services children need in the community

This report, published in June 2025 (in both English and Welsh languages), outlines the devastating impact of prolonged underinvestment in community child health services on children, young people and families across Wales. We ask the Welsh Government to direct health boards, local authorities and p...

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�� responds to Welsh Government’s plans for ‘Marmot nation’

16 June 2025

The Welsh Government will adopt public health expert Sir Michael Marmot’s eight principles, which aim to eliminate unfair and avoidable differences in health which can be caused by where people live, what kind of job they do and how they are treated in society.

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�� responds to Spending Review

12 June 2025

The Chancellor has delivered her spending review for 2025.

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Engaging with front line care, re-named diploma and ban on single use vaping - President's update

11 June 2025

Two projects which have been in gestation for a long time have both been delivered, pretty much at the same time. The waiting for a bus analogy, writes Steve, is so true!

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�� welcomes the latest urgent and emergency care plan

6 June 2025

The urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 is a strategy aimed at addressing the increasing demand on emergency services in England.

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�� responds to the expansion of free school meals in England

5 June 2025

The Government has announced plans to expand free schools meals to all children in reciept of universal credit.

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Standing up for children’s health - President's update

23 May 2025

Steve updates members on our calls to UK Government about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He highlights opportunities to contribute to a review of children's hearing services, a national play strategy and our own campaign to strengthen community child health services, with two briefings now publish...

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Strengthening community child health services

Services in all four nations of the UK are facing significant challenges in delivering care to children and their families. We have been analysing data where available and gathering insights from our members, and are calling for change.