Ban smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health urges ministers to follow lead of Scotland and WalesParents in England and Northern Ireland should be banned from smacking their children because doing so is unjust, dangerous and harmful, leading doctors have urged ministers.It was “a scandal” that Scotland and Wales had outlawed smacking but not the other two home nations, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Wednesday. Continue reading
The London Economic—Up to parents to discipline children, says minister on smacking ban call. A minister has insisted it is for parents to discipline their children after paediatricians called for a UK-wide ban on smacking.
The Guardian—Children in Gaza underplaying their pain due to extent of trauma around them, say doctors. Observation was made by medics contributing a new pain management manual for treating children in conflict zonesChildren being treated in Gaza’s hospitals are “underplaying” pain because it “seems trivial” in the context of the wider conflict, doctors have said.International medics met in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday to discuss plans for a new trauma pain management manual to support professionals treating children in Gaza and other conflict zones. Continue reading
TheJournal.ie—Sunak says migrants crossing from Northern Ireland into Republic shows Rwanda plan is working. It comes after Tánaiste Micheál Martin said the UK’s asylum policy is driving migrants across the border from Northern Ireland into the Republic.