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RCPCH raises concern over future of children’s healthcare
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned that the continued staff shortages in paediatric departments could mean that the number of units may have to reduce.
In a report, the RCPCH outlined that children’s healthcare was at risk because over half of paediatric units were failing to meet the recommended staffing standards.
The body said that there was an average shortage of up to 20 per cent of experienced junior doctors which mean consultants increasingly have to step in to provide unplanned cover, in addition to their own tasks.
The report recommended that provision needed to be reorganised so that there were fewer paediatric units providing specialised care, claiming that too many units were attempting to deliver every kind of paediatric service.
Dr Simon Clark, workforce officer at the RCPCH, said: “The paediatric workforce is at breaking point and children’s healthcare is increasingly being compromised.
“There is no escaping the fact that an increase in junior and consultant posts is urgently needed, coupled with a radical re-design of services.”
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