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Medicines for Children shortlisted for a 2018 HSJ Award

4 September 2018

Our medicines information resource for parents and children is shortlisted for the “Optimisation of Medicines Management” category of the Health Service Journal Award, which celebrates healthcare excellence.

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Campaign launches to improve management of childhood asthma

3 September 2018

�鶹��ý supports the #AskAboutAsthma campaign as NHS in London ask sufferers to ‘take three small steps to improve lives’.

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Government to consult on banning the sale of energy drinks to children

29 August 2018

�鶹��ý President, Professor Russell Viner, responds to the announcement saying "the growing market for energy drinks and potential for harm to children and young people clearly warrants further scrutiny."

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One in four 14-year-old girls self-harm, says Children's Society

28 August 2018

�鶹��ý's Dr Max Davie responds, saying a joined up approach to mental health is needed.

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�鶹��ý statement on the MMR vaccine

22 August 2018

Professor Helen Bedford stresses the importance of the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in response to news that measles rates in Europe have hit a record high in this decade.

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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 President joins new working group to help shape NHS England's Long Term Plan

10 August 2018

NHS England have established a number of workstreams to take forward their recently announced Long Term Plan. �鶹��ý President, Professor Russell Viner, will sit on the Healthy Childhood and Maternal Health working group, which will bring together local and national system leaders, partners and stake...

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�鶹��ý responds to the Scottish Government's suicide prevention plan

9 August 2018

Scotland's Mental Health Minister, Clare Haughey, today announced the country's new suicide prevention plan. Dr Donald Macgregor of the �鶹��ý responds to this announcement.

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Cannabis-derived medicinal products to be legally prescribed

27 July 2018

�鶹��ý Registrar, Dr Mike Linney, says the decision will 'come as a relief for some'. He warns parents in the meantime to not give children unlicensed cannabinoid oil products.

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�鶹��ý reacts to Government's mental health green paper response

25 July 2018

�鶹��ý's Officer for Health Promotion, Dr Max Davie, reacts to the Government's response to Children and Young Person's Mental Health Green Paper, saying they have "missed an opportunity with their response".