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Paediatricians call for an end to unjust and dangerous smacking laws
17 April 2024
Children’s doctors in England and Northern Ireland are calling for equal protection for children and young people against physical assault, such as smacking, hitting, and slapping.
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Workforce information - Deep dive on consultant and SAS doctors, Spring 2024
We collate and analyse paediatric workforce and service information in the UK to support members, workforce planners and policy makers. In this first of our 'deep dives' into the data, we review the consultant and SAS doctors workforce, both in headcount and full time equivalent (FTE) working across...
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°µÍø½ûÇø responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2024 Report
23 January 2024
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows 3 in every 10 children in the UK are living in poverty.
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Paediatricians welcome the inclusion of health inequalities in the Welsh Government Child Poverty Strategy
23 January 2024
Today (23 January) the Welsh Government has published its Child Poverty Strategy 2024.
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Systematic review guidance and support
The Research & Evidence team is offering support to members with the development of their own systematic reviews.
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°µÍø½ûÇø responds to long awaited vaccine strategy
13 December 2023
NHS England has published its overdue vaccination strategy, ‘Shaping the future delivery of NHS vaccination and immunisation services’.
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NIHR Programme Development Grants call for child health and wellbeing research - brief and guidance
The NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) programme for child health offers significant funding to address some of the most challenging issues in paediatrics, and the College supported this grant call. The grants extend beyond health research and include wider aspects of child wellbeing...
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Measles resurgence forces children's doctors to update national guidance ahead of potential outbreak
21 November 2023
Paediatricians are being asked to look out for measles amid the winter season while also calling on Government for the long-awaited vaccine strategy.
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Report launches today on Type 1 diabetes in communities that experience marginalisation
8 November 2023
The Association for Young People’s Health - funded by the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit at °µÍø½ûÇø - reports on its project to understand the experiences of children, young people and families from groups that may be more likely to face marginalisation, on managing their Type 1 diabetes.