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�鶹��ý responds to Health Select Committee report

26 February 2019

The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report today about the first 1,000 days of life. Dr Max Davie, �鶹��ý Officer for Health Improvement, responds.

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�鶹��ý Global - saving lives, building bridges

20 December 2018

We are approaching the end of our first year of a quality improvement intervention in Rwandan district hospitals. �鶹��ý Global reflects on the successes and challenges of saving lives at birth in one of the world’s poorest countries.

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Building a culture of care quality improvement - a dispatch from our combined perinatal programmes in Rwanda

4 December 2018

Mandy Lisle, a midwife working in our Rwandan Obstetric Care Programme in the country's capital city, tells us about the efforts of local health professionals and our 'Global Links' mentors to improve the care for mothers and babies.

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A real life Peter Pan: what I love about my job

18 October 2018

Sebastian Gray, a consultant in Salisbury, explains why working in child health is like being part of a big family, and how to spot the paediatricians in your hospital (hint: they may not drive the fanciest car).

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The needs of children and families after brain injury – from understanding to action

14 August 2018

Dr Anne Gordon, Consultant Occupational Therapist in Paediatric Neuroscience at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Trustee of the Stroke Association, has written a guest blog about the needs of children and their families following brain injury, providing an insight into what we can do to be...

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�鶹��ý response to Court of Appeal ruling on Hadiza Bawa-Garba case

13 August 2018

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba's appeal against the decision to strike her name from the medical register.

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�鶹��ý responds to initial annual training survey findings

9 July 2018

The GMC have released the initial findings of the annual national training survey for 2018. This is a detailed UK-wide poll of more than 70,000 doctors in training and doctors who act as trainers.

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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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�鶹��ý responds to Better Health and Care for All report

15 June 2018

The Darzi Review has been launched today, which makes the case for new investment and reform in the NHS. It outlines a 10 point plan for more health, wealth and care in the 2020s.

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�鶹��ý statement on the publication of the Williams Review

11 June 2018

The College responds to the publication of the Williams Review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.