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�鶹��ý calls on government to take more action to support rising childhood obesity

11 January 2022

On Monday 10 January, the Department of Health and Social Care in England launched a new campaign with the aim of encouraging parents to make ‘healthier choices’ when shopping for household groceries by using a new NHS Food Scanner App feature offering healthier alternatives. The campaign follows...

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�鶹��ý responds to Health & Social Care Committee report Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic

6 January 2022

On 6 January 2022 the Health and Social Care Select Committee published a report to the UK Government with recommendations on tackling the backlog caused by the impact of the pandemic in England. The �鶹��ý provided evidence to the committee in September 2021 and has responded to the publication of t...

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�鶹��ý responds to CQC children and young people’s survey 2020

9 December 2021

The Care Quality Commission has published a two-yearly survey of children and young people’s inpatient experiences covering November 2020 to January 2021 - �鶹��ý responds.

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�鶹��ý comments on Health Select Committee report on mental health services for children and young people

9 December 2021

The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report today about children and young people's mental health.

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�鶹��ý responds to Institute for Health Visitors 2021 annual report

1 December 2021

The Institute for Health Visitors (IHV) has published its annual report on the state of health visiting in England. �鶹��ý responds.

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Urgent action is needed to support child health, says �鶹��ý following NAO report

1 December 2021

The National Audit Office has today published its annual look at the NHS backlogs and waiting times in England, �鶹��ý responds.

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Today we create our futures - President's blog

19 November 2021

Camilla writes about recent ‘virtual’ visits to Scotland and Sri Lanka and also discusses the enormity of the climate change challenges we face and how we all have a role to play. She talks about our new sustainable future with Archives of Disease in Childhood (ADC) online and highlights upcoming el...

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�鶹��ý responds to sharp rise in rates of obesity in young children

16 November 2021

NHS Digital today announced new figures showing a significant increase in obesity rates among primary-aged children. Obesity rates in both reception-aged and year 6 schoolchildren increased by around 4.5 percentage points between 2019-20 and 2020-21.

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Welsh Government launches its consultation, A Smoke-free Wales

10 November 2021

The target of the Welsh Government's long term tobacco control strategy, is a smoke-free Wales by 2030, or less than 5% of the population smoking. The �鶹��ý welcomes this announcement.

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Priorities for the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Wales) - consultation response

In September 2021, we responded to this consultation to provide our views on the main priorities and issues set out by the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee in Wales. As a College, we have highlighted climate change as a priority in our new three-year strategy and look forwar...

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