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Â鶹´«Ã½ condemns airstrike on Myanmar children
13 April 2023
Myanmar’s air force dropped multiple bombs on Tuesday (11 April) morning on a village in north-west Sagaing.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to call for evidence on youth vaping
12 April 2023
The UK Government announced their plans to make England smokefree by 2030.
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UKHSA announces JCVI advice offering COVID-19 vaccination to clinically vulnerable children 6 months to 4 years
6 April 2023
Today the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to babies and children aged 6 months to 4 years who are in a clinical risk group.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the Hewitt review
5 April 2023
In November 2022, the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt was commissioned to lead an independent review of integrated care systems in England.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s Health Inequalities Report 2023
30 March 2023
Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Northern Ireland's Department of Health’s most recent annual report focussing on health inequalities covering the 2021 reporting period where data was available.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Spring Budget
15 March 2023
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his Spring Budget.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ urges government to seize unique workforce plan opportunity
13 March 2023
Paediatricians are calling for action ahead of the budget on Wednesday 15 March, and following data from the NHS staff survey, as well as NHS England’s publication of the referral to treatment waiting times data for January 2023.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to proposed ‘Illegal Migration Bill’
8 March 2023
On Tuesday 7 March, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Office unveiled a Bill which would give the Secretary of State the power to remove persons arriving in the UK by ‘unsafe and illegal routes’ such as those arriving on small boats, without providing such individuals with a chance to make an application for asylum.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the Department for Education's SEND and AP Improvement Plan
3 March 2023
The Department for Education (DfE) have published their plans to change the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system in England.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to BMA vote for strike action
23 February 2023
On 20 February the BMA confirmed that junior doctors and trainees in England voted to take strike action. The vote saw a turnout of 77% with 98% voting yes.Â