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�鶹��ý responds to social media and screen time guidance from Chief Medical Officers

7 February 2019

The UK's Chief Medical Officers have issued guidance on children and young people's use of social media and screen time.

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Time to Talk- Supporting children and young people with mental health

6 February 2019

There has been a lot in the media about mental health recently, with the government promising that mental health will be a key focus of the NHS Long Term Plan. But we know that lots of parents will still have niggling questions. Dr Lee Hudson, Mental Health Lead at the Royal College of Paediatrics a...

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�鶹��ý responds to impact of social media and screen-use report

31 January 2019

Today, the Science and Technology Committee releases its latest report, Impact of social media and screen-use on young people's health. Dr Max Davie, �鶹��ý Officer for Health Promotion, responds.

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Child health high on the agenda, but political uncertainty and public health cuts pose risk to progress, warns �鶹��ý President

23 January 2019

The �鶹��ý has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report.

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State of Child Health &Us 2019: Views from the �鶹��ý &Us network

We are proud to share voices from the �鶹��ý &Us network as part of the State of Child Health two years on reports.

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The depths of winter - building pressure in children Emergency Departments

20 December 2018

The author Paul Theroux said, “Winter is a season of recovery and preparation” and yet the reverse is true in paediatrics. Our last few winters have been so bad that government talk of winter pressures funding seems to start as soon as the daffodils emerge in spring. But when did you last read about...

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�鶹��ý responds to Scottish Government's mental health announcement

19 December 2018

Scotland will recruit an additional 80 mental health professionals to work with children and young people, following a £4 million investment.

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Latest figures on Scottish inequalities published

12 December 2018

�鶹��ý Officer for Scotland responds, saying "the impact of inequality on child health should not be underestimated".

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Mark Drakeford announced as new Welsh Labour leader - what does this mean for child health in Wales?

7 December 2018

After months of speculation, campaigning and voting, we now have the result of the Labour leadership contest in Wales. The top job has gone to a man who may not be a household name for �鶹��ý members so Gethin Matthews-Jones, �鶹��ý External Affairs Manager for Wales, blogs to answer two questions: wh...

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�鶹��ý responds to Science and Tech Committee energy drinks report

4 December 2018

The Science and Technology Committee's "Energy drinks and children" report, released today, has concluded that societal concerns could justify a ban on the sale of energy drinks to children, but found that the current quantitative evidence alone is not sufficient to warrant a statutory ban. Professo...