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Our new programmes, events and research findings

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A plan full of promise - the paediatric perspective on the NHS People Plan

3 June 2019

�� President applauds the Plan's ambition and vision - but says it must be backed by the appropriate resources.

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Worrying lack of children’s doctors in Wales could damage health of future generations, say medical experts

10 May 2019

Our new report says the current workforce must expand, with an increase of 42% consultant paediatricians, to deliver the appropriate standards of care to children and young people.

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Scotland’s lack of children’s doctors puts young people at risk, say medical experts in new report

5 March 2019

Unless urgent action is taken, a shortage of children’s doctors in Scotland is putting young people’s health at significant risk and could damage the health of future generations, claims the ��'s latest workforce report.

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

23 January 2019

The �� 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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Double pressure of winter and workforce shortages highlighted in new report

20 December 2018

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (��) has today launched a report in response to severe workforce pressures faced by paediatric units across the UK.

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England falling behind other European countries in the race to improve children’s health, reveals new report

15 October 2018

The �� has launched a new report, Child health in 2030 in England: comparisons with other wealthy countries, which uses long-term historical data to project outcomes for children and young people's health in 2030.

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Businessman donates £50,000 to help tackle indoor air pollution

6 September 2018

The charitable donation will help support the ��, as part of a working group, to study the effects of indoor air pollution on child health and what can be done to combat it.

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UK’s most vulnerable children at risk of ‘falling through gaps’ say children’s doctors

31 July 2018

The �� launch the ‘CCT Class of 2016 – Where are they now?’ report, which reveals that just 9.6% of newly trained paediatricians took up a consultant post in community child health, raising concerns for child health.

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Leading Welsh paediatricians gather in Swansea to present latest research

22 June 2018

Welsh Paediatric Society Clinical Meeting in association with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Adverse effects of indoor air pollution on child health to be investigated in first ever UK review

19 June 2018

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK.