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�鶹��ý responds to reporting on numbers of cases Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PIMS)

5 February 2021

Dr Liz Whittaker, �鶹��ý infectious disease lead, responds to reporting of numbers of cases of Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (PIMS).

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�鶹��ý calls on Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit

18 January 2021

Our Officer for Health Improvement calls on the Government to extend the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. The uplift was introduced last year by the Chancellor in response to the pandemic, and is currently due to be removed from payments at the end of March.

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�鶹��ý statement on the ruling in the judicial review, Bell v Tavistock

8 December 2020

We have carefully reviewed this court ruling, which addresses the consent of children and young people to the use of puberty suppressing drugs as part of the treatment of gender dysphoria. We consider that the ruling should not have implications for the general ethical or legal framework for childre...

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�鶹��ý responds to EHRC report on children's rights

20 November 2020

�鶹��ý President Professor Russell Viner responds to the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report, Children's Rights in Great Britain, published on World Children's Day.

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�鶹��ý responds to new Ofsted reports regarding the impact of COVID-19 on children

10 November 2020

The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) has published the latest in a series of reports on the impact of the pandemic on children. The reports are based on their observations made during inspections of schools, early years settings and children's services durin...

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�鶹��ý and ICHG publish statement on the impact of COVID-19 on global child health

19 August 2020

Together with the International Child Health Group, we call on governments, donors and agencies to monitor and report the effects of the pandemic response on families and children, and to prioritise a new era of investment in robust, family-centred health systems.

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Redeployment of health visitors has left vulnerable children at risk

29 July 2020

Health visitors fear the needs of vulnerable children have been missed due to staff redeployment to support the COVID-19 workforce, according to a new UCL survey.

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Protect children for a challenging winter ahead

14 July 2020

The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences. Responding to 'Preparing for a challenging winter', the �鶹��ý made the following statement on vaccinations and pro...

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�鶹��ý responds to the Chancellor's summer statement

8 July 2020

The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a summer statement setting out the measures the Government will be taking to protect the economy in light of COVID-19. Professor Russell Viner, President of �鶹��ý, responds.

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�鶹��ý responds to BMA paper on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health

7 July 2020

Dr Karen Street, Assistant Officer for Mental Health and Wellbeing, responds to a new BMA report which considers the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.