Month: January 2019

State of Child Health: Two Years On

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, January 2019
This report provides and update on progress made against the policy recommendations in the RCPCH State of Child Health 2017 report.  The RCPCH congratulates the Government on its commitment to child health, commending them on bold pledges in areas such as obesity, mental health and the integration of children’s health services.  However, the report also shows that England continues to lag behind other Western European countries on a range of child health outcomes including reducing child poverty and inequality, infant mortality, tobacco and alcohol control, and breastfeeding.
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The effects and costs of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: The REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487318806358
This NIHR-funded trial included 216 participants from four primary and secondary care centres across the UK.
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Revising the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice: call for evidence

Ministry of Justice, January 2019
This call for evidence will aim to seek views and contributions from a range of stakeholders, to develop a robust evidence base which will inform revisions made to the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
The consultation closes on 7th March 2019.
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