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Â鶹´«Ã½ statement on Thirlwall Inquiry closing statements
19 March 2025
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is a core participant in the Thirlwall Inquiry.
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Our response to contemporary child health issues
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Northern Ireland’s 2023 Core Health Tables
18 March 2025
On 13 March 2025, the Northern Ireland Director of Public Health published the Core Health Tables 2023 which details demographic information such as births, deaths, childhood immunisation rates and infectious diseases.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the UK cuts to global aid budget
6 March 2025
The UK Government has made the decision to institute cuts to its global aid budget despite the significant impacts to global child health.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the rise in tooth extractions amongst children and young people
5 March 2025
The report from the Hospital Episode Statistics gives the latest data on tooth extractions for children and young people aged 0 to 19 years old in different geographical areas.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to latest Government announcement on dentistry
21 February 2025
Alongside the announcement of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments, the Government has reiterated their plans to introduce supervised tooth-brushing scheme for 3-to-5-year-olds.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to NHS Staff Survey analysis
20 February 2025
Researchers from Nuffield Trust analysed data from 20 years of the NHS England Staff Survey to see if the experiences and motivations of clinical staff varied by age.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Wales responds to Audit Wales report on workforce challenges
20 February 2025
Audit Wales have published their ‘Addressing Workforce Challenges in NHS Wales’ report.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ welcomes landmark vaping study
19 February 2025
A landmark study, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will investigate the long-term health effects of vaping on young people's health and well-being.
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Progress on waiting times glosses over children’s health services
14 February 2025
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (Â鶹´«Ã½) remains concerned with the latest performance data.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to alarming health inequalities in oral health of young children
13 February 2025
The National Dental Epidemiology Programme have published the findings of their oral health survey of 5-year-old schoolchildren in England in 2024.