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Smacking ban ‘will be unworkable’
22nd November New smacking laws, due to come into effect next year, may prove unworkable as doctors will not want, or will be unable to give evidence when parents are prosecuted, an expert has warned. Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown, from Warwick Medical School, said the law for England and Wales, which will allow mild smacking but…
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Tagged Child abuse, Lucy Thorpe, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Punishments, Royal College of Paediatrics, Sarah Stewart-Brown, spokesman, the British Medical Journal, Warwick Medical School
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Child healthcare specialists honoured by Queen
News archive The latest products and where to find them Product news archive Talk about it in our Discuss, Debate and Deliberate discussion forum 14th June 2004 Child healthcare specialists honoured by Queen Dozens of healthcare workers have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List including doctors at the forefront of child health. Professor…
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Tagged Benyon, Cancer, chair, David Beynon, Health, Karyn Maltby, National Health Service, obstetrician, Queen, Royal College of Paediatrics, Sophie
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Not enough children’s medicines ‘properly tested’
Too many children’s drugs have not been properly tested, according to a new report. The House of Lords report found that 90 per cent of medicines for new born babies and 50 per cent of those aimed at children are untested, including some asthma inhalers. The evidence was collated from doctors after the EU proposed…
News: Scrap growth charts to encourage breast feeding
Child growth charts used for 30 years in the UK should be ripped up and replaced with a new World Health Organisation guide, according to a new report.The joint report, by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), says WHO Growth Standards should be applied…
MMR campaign launched to prevent measles epidemic
The government has launched a campaign to raise MMR vaccination rates in England amid growing concerns about a measles epidemic. The Department of Health hasasked primary care trusts (PCTs) to offer the jab to all children up to the age of 18 not already fully protected. Extra vaccine supplies and funding arebeing made available. An epidemic of measles…
