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Proposed Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill - response

In March 2024 we responded to the proposal for a Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill, put forward by James Evans MS. The purpose of the bill is to replace outdated mental health legislation; improve the delivery of mental health plans for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and adul...

Area of medicine

Mental health

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Protection for those at risk of FGM - consultation response

In August 2019 �鶹��ý Child Protection Subcommittee (Scotland) responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee Call for views on Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill.

Adolescent health

Safeguarding

FGM

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Protection from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Scotland - consultation response

In January 2019 we responded to the Scottish Government consultation on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Bill. We welcome commitments to strengthen the existing legislative framework for the protection of women and girls from FGM, a form of gender based violence.

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Protection of children in conflict and child refugees - position statement (2016)

The killing of children, whatever the diplomatic posturing around conflict, is indefensible and barbaric.

Global child health

Safeguarding

Refugee

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Protection of time for paediatricians to take part in Research Ethics Committees

Clinical research involving children is essential if we are to increase our understanding of childhood conditions and improve healthcare for children. Yet our 2015 survey of the paediatric workforce demonstrated that very few paediatricians have time allocated for research-related activities related...

Ethics

Research

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Public health prescribed activity - consultation response

In 2018 we responded to a call for evidence by the Department of Health and Social Care into local authority prescribed activity.

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Putting children first: Prioritising Wales’s future - �鶹��ý Wales 2026 election manifesto

Before the Welsh Parliament (“Senedd”) election in May 2026, we are setting out what the next Welsh Government should do to improve child health and ensure every child in Wales can fulfil the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to have a safe, happy and healthy life.

Children and young people's voice

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QI Central - our website for sharing quality improvement experience and expertise

Our website aims to support child health professionals’ understanding and practice of embedding QI in their work environments. It features resources and examples of interventions in patient-centred care, medicines and systems of care.

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Quality improvement: how to make services work better for you and your patients - online learning

This jargon-busting introduction to quality improvement explains its use in healthcare, links to vast QI resources and shows how to initiate a QI project, putting theory into practice.

Quality improvement

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Quality improvement in child health framework - supporting the delivery of high quality care

This strategic framework details how the College will support, educate and develop paediatricians and the wider child health workforce to deliver high quality care for infants, children and young people - and so reduce the number of preventable deaths and improve their experience of healthcare.

Quality improvement