Summary
• This evidence submission from RCPCH relates to Part 5, Chapter 2 (Duty to Report
Child Sexual Abuse).
• The goal of any child protection policy is to ensure that children are protected from
harm. An evidence review by the RCPCH has show...
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Outputs (521)
Standards for Healthcare Delivery to Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (CYPSAR) (2025)
Report
Children and young people seeking asylum and refugees (CYPSAR) are a vulnerable population with complex physical and mental health needs. In the UK, significant variation in healthcare delivery for CYPSAR leads to disparities in access and quality of... Read More about Standards for Healthcare Delivery to Children and Young People Seeking Asylum and Refugees (CYPSAR).
Ensuring children’s wellbeing by ending the physical punishment of children : Briefing for parliamentarians. (2025)
Report
In 2025, it cannot be right that children, the youngest and most vulnerable group in society, are the
least protected from physical assault.
Leading organisations working in child health, child protection and safeguarding, human rights,
mental h... Read More about Ensuring children’s wellbeing by ending the physical punishment of children : Briefing for parliamentarians..
Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK (2025)
Report
Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK.
This project introduces the concept of a children's advocacy centre at a primary school in Gorton, Manchester. The project is an initial phase of a wider projec... Read More about Hearing the voices of children: creating an Advocacy Centre in Gorton, Manchester, UK.
The authors of this submission support New Clause (NC) 10 and consequential Amendment
11 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (“CWSB”) before the UK Parliament (as at
21 January 2025) and believe that these amendments should both be made to... Read More about Abolition of the common law defence of reasonable punishment of children in England: evidence to UK Parliament (Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee).
Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (2025)
Report
Rowland, A., & Hastie, G. (2025). Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthThis report sets out the main themes of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and highlights its most significant aspects for children, young people and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) members. Children’s social care and sch... Read More about Putting child health at the centre of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Greater Manchester Social Housing Quality Fund: Tenant Research (2024)
Report
Sherriff, G., Kelly, S., Martin, P., & Pink, J. (2024). Greater Manchester Social Housing Quality Fund: Tenant Research. Greater Manchester Combined AuthorityThe Social Housing Quality Fund
The University of Salford have conducted social research in order to provide insights on the implementation and impact of the Greater Manchester Social Housing Quality Fund (SHQF). With a particular focus on damp, m... Read More about Greater Manchester Social Housing Quality Fund: Tenant Research.