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Majority of diabetic children fail to get health checks annually
Nearly three quarters of children with type 1 diabetes are not receiving vital annual health checks, says the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Hide related content: Show related content read more (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - June 1, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: carolynwickware Tags: Children ' s health Diabetes Editor s pick Latest News Source Type: news

Concerns Remain Over Child Diabetes Health ChecksConcerns Remain Over Child Diabetes Health Checks
Almost three-quarters of 12-year-olds with diabetes in England and Wales are not receiving all their key annual health checks to help keep their condition under control, says a report published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 31, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Seven-day plan is unworkable, says royal college leader
The unresourced plan to expand seven-day services in the NHS has crushed morale in a service already ‘stretched beyond reason’, a royal college president has said. Royal College of Physicians of London president Jane Dacre told the BMA junior doctors conference that the policy was not workable with staff struggling to meet existing demand. Professor Dacre also told the conference that health policy — particularly during a time when resource was so scarce and demand so high — must be based on scientific evidence. It followed a week in which health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s analysis of the ‘...
Source: BMA News - May 16, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

PM urged to end 'damaging' contract stand-off
The leaders of 13 royal colleges have urged prime minister David Cameron to end the ‘damaging’ junior doctors contract stand-off. The 'eleventh hour' call comes in a letter signed by the clinical leaders which says health secretary Jeremy Hunt’s refusal to return to negotiations, and the resulting impasse, ‘poses a significant threat to our whole healthcare system’. Junior doctors will set up pickets across the country on Tuesday, 26 April and Wednesday, 27 April — the fifth round of industrial action. Last week, the BMA offered to call off the strike if Mr Hunt lifted imposition of the ...
Source: BMA News - April 25, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Plea to shelve contract imposition
Medical royal college leaders have called for health secretary Jeremy Hunt to shelve his plan to impose the junior doctors’ contract. They have described the move as ‘ill-conceived’ and said they were dismayed at the impasse — with the health secretary refusing to return to talks. It comes after the BMA told Mr Hunt it would call off next week’s industrial action if he responded by dropping the imposition. College leaders have urged Mr Hunt to accept that offer, which Mr Hunt has so far rejected. Royal College of Psychiatrists president Simon Wessely said in a statement: ‘If, as a junior...
Source: BMA News - April 22, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Royal college leader condemns contract imposition
A royal college president has criticised health secretary Jeremy Hunt, pictured, over the ‘ill-conceived’ and ’non-negotiated’ junior doctors contract, and says staff ‘deserve to be valued’. After a meeting with Mr Hunt on Thursday, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Neena Modi, said she was ‘dismayed’ by the crisis in the NHS and believes the imposition of the junior doctors contract, in which doctors have no confidence, has alienated the very people on whom the ‘future of the NHS depends’. Professor Modi called for the health secreta...
Source: BMA News - April 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Air pollution 'kills 40,000 a year' in the UK, says report
What is the issue? "Air pollution is contributing to about 40,000 early deaths a year in the UK," BBC News reports. The figures are the conclusion of a report assessing the impact of air pollution on public health in the UK. The report, published by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, discusses the lifelong impact of air pollution. It presents a number of recommendations to the public, businesses and governments to make changes and reduce air pollution. The expert panel states: "Real change will only occur when everyone accepts this responsibility, and make...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Heart/lungs Cancer QA articles Source Type: news

What Are Risk Factors for Latex Allergy?
Discussion Latex comes from the Hevea brasiliensis plants. There are multiple potentially allergenic polypeptides within the plant’s fluid called Heb b 1-13. True sensitizers are Heb b 1, 5 and 6. Heb b 8 and 12 are cross-reacting proteins. The type of the latex product and how it is prepared makes a difference in exposure to the latex allergens. Certain extruded latex products such as catheters and rubber stoppers have higher concentrations of true sensitizer allergens. Products made from molds such as gloves have higher concentrations of potential allergens than latex made in sheets such as such as dental dams. Use...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 1, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

New online diagnostic support tool set to transform children’s health
Paediatric Care Online, hosted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, may reduce child deaths by ensuring children receive the best possible treatment before they become too unwell, say child health experts. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - January 14, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

NHS intensive care for babies 'stretched to breaking point'
Nine out of 10 intensive care baby units home to more children than is safe, Bliss baby charity study finds as it warns of huge pressure on health service (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - October 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Care Quality Commission bliss intensive care baby charity Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health baby units nhs Source Type: news

Women doctors could bring the NHS to its knees, says Dr Max
Children’s wards face closure because so many paediatricians are now women and have gone on maternity leave or work part time, warns the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS children's units could close due to many female doctors on maternity leave
Three quarters of doctors training to be paediatricians are women, leading to a high proportion being on maternity leave, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS children's units under threat from rise in female doctors
The number of children's doctors who have reduced their hours to start a family is fuelling desperate shortages of paediatricians, a Royal College has warned (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - August 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: doctors RCPCH part time women babies royal college of paediatrics and child health paediatricians Source Type: news

Identifying clearer healthcare pathways for adolescents who self-harm -
This study looks at the attitudes of health practitioners toward young people, reflecting a growing concern about the mental wellbeing of children and young people ( Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 2014 ) and the adequacy of child and adolesc... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 17, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Saving the lives of premature babies can actually prolong suffering, doctors warned
New guidance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health also says seriously ill children should have a greater say in deciding whether they want to continue treatment. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news