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�鶹��ý responds to new FDS position statement on children's oral health

15 August 2019

The statement from the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) welcomes a number of measures announced in the Prevention Green Paper and Childhood Obesity Plan that will help to improve children's oral health, but highlights the importance of maintaining a focus on addressing the issue. �鶹��ý President resp...

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�鶹��ý responds to paper on social media and adolescent wellbeing and mental health

14 August 2019

A paper published in the Lancet finds that, for teenage girls, almost all of the effect of very frequent social media use on wellbeing was due to increased exposure to bullying and reduced sleep and physical exercise. Meanwhile, for teenage boys, the impact on wellbeing appears to be due to other in...

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�鶹��ý responds to draft NICE guidance and outcome of NHS England review on CBMPs

13 August 2019

Last week, NICE published draft recommendations on the use of cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs) following evaluation of their clinical and cost-effectiveness, and NHS England published a review aimed at assessing the barriers to prescribing cannabis-based medicinal products where it is safe ...

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�鶹��ý responds to Government changes to NHS pension rules

7 August 2019

The Government has announced today that the pension rules for senior clinicians are to be changed, to allow them to take on extra shifts, treat more patients and help to reduce waiting times without losing out financially.

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�鶹��ý responds to Government's NHS funding announcement and action on doctors' pensions

5 August 2019

Yesterday the Prime Minister pledged an additional one-off £1.8 billion for the NHS in England. Some of this funding is due to be allocated to children and young people's services but there remains a significant amount to do to help an NHS that is under serious pressure across the country.

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NHS Pension Scheme consultation - �鶹��ý responds

24 July 2019

The government is consulting on proposals to make the NHS Pension Scheme more flexible and transparent for senior clinicians.

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�鶹��ý responds to the Government's Prevention Green Paper

23 July 2019

Yesterday the Government published its eagerly awaited green paper on prevention, seeking views on its proposals to tackle the causes of preventable ill health in England. We know that primary prevention that begins before birth is crucial to the success of the NHS Long Term Plan, and so �鶹��ý welco...

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Improvements made but more work to be done, says Britain's largest evaluation of NHS maternity and neonatal services

11 July 2019

�鶹��ý President responds to latest National Maternity and Perinatal Audit and says whilst the expansion of perinatal mental health support is particularly welcome, support services are under immense pressure. He urges an immediate moratorium on any further cuts so "pregnant women and their children ...

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Doctors need “protected time” for research

10 July 2019

Today, the Royal College of Physicians in Wales has called for doctors to be given dedicated time to carry out research. �鶹��ý President, Professor Russell Viner responds.

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Year 8 boys to be offered free HPV vaccine

9 July 2019

The move by Public Health England could prevent over 100,000 cancers. The �鶹��ý's Immunisation Expert responds.