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Scotland Pauses Prescribing Puberty Blockers to Under-18s
Scotland’s only gender clinic for young people has paused prescribing puberty blockers for new patients under 18 years old after the National Health Service (NHS) in England banned children from receiving the gender treatment last month. Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty changes by stopping the body from making sex hormones including testosterone and estrogen. They can be prescribed to treat gender dysphoria, the clinical term for psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s sex assigned at birth and one’s gender identity. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”...
Source: TIME: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mallory Moench Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news

Children will only be referred to trans clinics if their parents agree under planned overhaul of NHS rules
It is the latest proposal to reform children's services following a damning review by Dr Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Senior doctors warn a looming measles outbreak could lead to 'a lot of deaths' amid falling vaccination rates
In an unprecedented move, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is asking health professionals to check the vaccination records of all children arriving at hospital. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Survey of practices for documenting evidence of bruises from physical abuse during child protection proceedings - Evans S, Farnell DJJ, Carson-Stevens A, Kemp A.
Accurate recording of forensically important information on bruises is vital in child protection proceedings (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)). An online survey was distributed to the RCPCH child protection committees to assess compli... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

The child vaping crisis: ‘From what my daughter says, 90% of her year do it’
Last week, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said disposable vapes should be banned because of their popularity among children – with many parents now feeling they are fighting a losing battleThe first time Hannah got an email from her son ’s school to say he had been caught vaping, and that she was to collect his confiscated vape, he had just turned 14. Hannah thinks Josh, now 16, started vaping mainly because his friends did it. One friend had been excluded from his previous school for vaping THC, the main psychoactive component i n cannabis.“I used to find vapes in his bedroom, in his bed – he’...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 14, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Emine Saner Tags: Vaping Young people Smoking Society Health Source Type: news

Doctors call for ban on disposable e-cigarettes amid children ’ s vaping ‘ epidemic ’
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is calling on the Government to ban disposable e-cigarettes over concerns that vaping is becoming an ‘epidemic among children’. Vaping products are likely to be damaging to developing lungs, and the RCPCH believes that without interventions to protect young people, the UK is ‘sleepwalking into a... Read moreThe post Doctors call for ban on disposable e-cigarettes amid children’s vaping ‘epidemic’ appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - June 8, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Addiction and mental health E-cigarettes Smoking cessation Source Type: news

Disposable vapes like Elf and Geek bars should be BANNED entirely, say top paediatricians
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has warned that 'youth vaping is fast becoming an epidemic' and more must be done to tackle the crisis. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Royal Colleges issue joint statement on Strep A
The statement from the Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Royal College of Emergency Medicine reassures parents that Strep A is a common infection in children and that most cases are mild or asymptomatic. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Statement regarding timing of surgery post COVID-19 infection in children, RCPCH (published 10th May 2022)
This statement is a joint response from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (APAGBI) and the Children ' s Surgical Forum (CSF). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Statement regarding timing of surgery post COVID-19 infection in children, RCPCH
This statement is a joint response from the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (APAGBI) and the Children ' s Surgical Forum (CSF). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 10, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NHS access to BNF content secured for a further 12 years
Pharmaceutical Press and BMJ, joint publishers of BNF Publications and their partner Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, have been awarded a 12-year contract from National Institute for Hea (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - August 23, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

It ’s #NotTooMuchToMask
As the final coronavirus restrictions across England are lifted and the legal requirements to wear a face mask and social distance come to an end, leading healthcare organisations, charities, unions and medical professionals have joined forces to support the public to make sensible choices that can keep themselves and others safe from infection. Launching a new campaign #NotTooMuchToMask, the group, led by the NHS Confederation, alongside a host of other organisations are encouraging everyone to keep protecting themselves and each other from catching or passing on coronavirus at a time when cases are soaring, and hospital...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - July 19, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: Press release Christina McAnea Covid-19 face masks Source Type: news