Within the UK, children in England and Northern Ireland are the only people who are not fully protected in law from assault. Scotland and Wales have paved the way towards the UK becoming a more equal society and better protecting children, leaving En... Read More about The time for debate is over: The health, education, and legal case for legislative change to prohibit and eliminate all physical punishment of children and to achieve equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland.
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RCPCH responds to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (2024)
Other
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, & Rowland, A. (2024). RCPCH responds to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. London, UKFor too long and far too often, the needs of our children and young people have been ignored by national policymakers, so it’s good to see Government publish a Bill that is said to have an aim to create a ‘child-centred Government’.
However, we... Read More about RCPCH responds to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
PROPOSED Amendment To The Children's Wellbeing And Schools Bill (2024)
Other
Rowland, A. (2024). PROPOSED Amendment To The Children's Wellbeing And Schools BillThere is a significant missed opportunity to use the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill [Bill 151; 59/1] to bring in the Equal Protection (from assault) which children in England need, deserve, and are, frankly, entitled to. The introduction of Eq... Read More about PROPOSED Amendment To The Children's Wellbeing And Schools Bill.
DRAFT Children (Equal Protection) (England) Bill Proposal 2024 (2024)
Working Paper
Rowland, A. DRAFT Children (Equal Protection) (England) Bill Proposal 2024This working draft proposes possible text for a Children (Equal Protection) England Bill 2024 which would bring in the Equal Protection (from assault) which children in England need, deserve, and are, frankly, entitled to. The wording could alternati... Read More about DRAFT Children (Equal Protection) (England) Bill Proposal 2024.
General election: a generational change in Westminster - but what does it all mean for child health and wellbeing? (2024)
Report
Rowland, A. (2024). General election: a generational change in Westminster - but what does it all mean for child health and wellbeing?. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthA generational change in Westminster – but what does it all mean for child health and wellbeing?
RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data (2024)
Digital Artefact
Rowland, A., Fussey, E., & Kennedy, L. RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data. [Online]The negative health impacts of physical punishment in childhood are well documented, clear and need no further debate. Children who experience physical punishment are more likely to develop poorer mental health and are more likely to experience serio... Read More about RCPCH responds to NSPCC’s corporal punishment data.
Simulated Initial Child Protection Conference (2024)
Digital Artefact
This is a simulated Child Protection Conference to be used for education purposes. All of the people involved were acting in role and the family and scenario were simulated.
Simulated Strategy Meeting (2024)
Data
This is a Simulated Strategy Meeting which occurred prior to a Simulated Child Protection Conference, used for education purposes.
Safeguarding neurodivergent children: A call to professionals (2024)
Journal Article
This invited commentary paper provides an argument for more detailed safeguarding of neurodivergent children. Commencing with a brief overview on safeguarding vulnerable children, it proceeds to discuss neurodiversity and neurodivergent conditions, w... Read More about Safeguarding neurodivergent children: A call to professionals.
Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children (2024)
Journal Article
Rowland, A. (in press). Clarity in the law is needed to stop physical punishment of children. BMJ, 385, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q943
Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland (2024)
Report
Fussey, E., Gerry, F., Herbert, B., Havighurst, S., Higgins, D., Schaff, O., & Rowland, A. (2024). Equal protection from assault in England and Northern Ireland. London: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Globally, children have been adversely affected by the wide variety of impacts of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus | COVID-19). Vulnerable children who depend on the support of education and health and social care systems were left unprotected as these system... Read More about The impact of COVID 19 on children, young people, and families in Sihanoukville, Cambodia : the mitigating work of M’Lop Tapang.
Let's ditch age assessment X-Rays (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024 (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Fussey, E., & Rowland, A. (2024, March). Child Protection - Update RCPCH Conference 2024. Presented at Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference 2024, Birmingham
RCPCH Child Protection Service Delivery Standards Audit National Report 2023 (2024)
Report
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. (2024). RCPCH Child Protection Service Delivery Standards Audit National Report 2023. London, UK: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child HealthForeword by Professor Andrew Rowland
It is a pleasure to have been asked to write the foreword to this important new report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. I want to start by saying a huge thank you. Thank you to all of you... Read More about RCPCH Child Protection Service Delivery Standards Audit National Report 2023.
Working in safeguarding: the consultant paediatrician (2024)
Journal Article
Dean, E. (2024). Working in safeguarding: the consultant paediatrician. BMJ, 384, q44. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q44