The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is urging politicians to back an amendment to the Children’s ...

Nearly a dozen children have died from a Victorian-era disease in the past year - marking ... whooping cough is by getting the vaccine, which doctors often give in combination with vaccines ...

A senior medic has made an emotional plea for politicians to back a smacking ban. “Now is the time for this Victorian-era punishment to go and the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill amendment will ...

There is no scientific evidence that smacking benefits children, leading children's doctors in the UK have said as they call ...

It's time for the "Victorian-era punishment" of smacking children to be banned in England as it "undoubtedly harms children's health", according to a group representing leading doctors.