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Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UK (2023)
Other
Rowland, A., Enver, S., Elizabeth, C., Fussey, E., Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, & Council, R. (2023). Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UK

The Home Office’s latest age assessment measures, announced in September 2023, will allow the use of scientific age assessment methods to estimate the age of children arriving in the UK. This would subject them to medical procedures that leading paed... Read More about Ditch Age Assessments: Children Seeking Asylum and Refuge in the UK.

Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023 (2023)
Report
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & College of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. (2023). Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

In November 2023, we responded to the Government's consultation on the introduction of Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse. This followed our response in August 2023 to the Government's call for evidence on Mandatory Reporting. We were disappoi... Read More about Response To Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Consultation (Two) - November 2023.

RCPCH: Child protection standing committee update November 2023 (2023)
Report
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & Raffeeq, Z. (2023). RCPCH: Child protection standing committee update November 2023. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Our knowledge
Changes to consent guidance for Child Protection medicals: We have strengthened our guidance on obtaining consent for Child Protection medicals. This will be uploaded to the child protection companion shortly.

Guidelines for Initia... Read More about RCPCH: Child protection standing committee update November 2023.

Submission Of Evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee - Scientific Age Assessment Statutory Instruments (2023)
Report
Rowland, A., & Fussey, E. Submission Of Evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee - Scientific Age Assessment Statutory Instruments. London, UK: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

This document presents evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in relation to the following Statutory Instruments:

1. The Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023; and

2. The Immigration (Age Assessment)... Read More about Submission Of Evidence to the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee - Scientific Age Assessment Statutory Instruments.

Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus. (2023)
Journal Article

Children continue to experience harm when undergoing clinical procedures despite increased evidence of the need to improve the provision of child-centred care. The international ISupport collaboration aimed to develop standards to outline and explain... Read More about Developing rights-based standards for children having tests, treatments, examinations and interventions: using a collaborative, multi-phased, multi-method and multi-stakeholder approach to build consensus..

Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Policy, August 2023 (2023)
Report
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C. O. (2023). Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Policy, August 2023. London, UK: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

RCPCH is asking the government to consider five key points before considering whether a mandatory reporting duty is best for children in England and Wales:

1. All types of child abuse much fall under any mandatory reporting duty
2. A children’s r... Read More about Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Policy, August 2023.

Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips (2023)
Working Paper
Rowland, A., Reynolds, A., Sherwood, N., & Dasgupta, S. Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips

Children seen for pre-adoption medicals (PAMs) or Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) often have experiences in common. There may be features in the child’s family history, intrauterine environment and experiences following birth which can have signifi... Read More about Writing pre-adoption medical (PAMs) and initial health assessment (IHA) reports for "Our Children" [Looked After Children]: guidance and top tips.

RCPCH Milestones Summer 2023 (2023)
Other
of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C., & Rowland, A. (2023). RCPCH Milestones Summer 2023. London, UK

Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing (2023)
Working Paper
Warwick, B., Fussey, E., Rowland, A., & of Paediatrics and Child Health, R. C. Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing

Ahead of Second Reading of the Illegal Migration Bill on 9 May, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has prepared this briefing which focuses on new clauses added to the Bill at Report Stage in the Commons on age assessment of u... Read More about Illegal Migration Bill House of Lords Second Reading Briefing.

Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study (2023)
Journal Article

Background
High heart and respiratory rates are key indicators in many published guidelines to identify
and treat serious bacterial infection and sepsis in children but the credibility of evidence
underpinning what is considered abnormal is questi... Read More about Time to change the reference ranges of children’s physiological observations in emergency care? A prospective study.