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Youngest children not active enough

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

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Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The quality of food that children eat in their early years settings could suffer as an unintended consequence of introducing the 30-hour childcare entitlement, findings from a joint survey carried out by Nursery World and the Children’s Food Trust suggest.

Pressure mounts on Cameron over fizzy drinks tax

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Friday, January 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Speculation is growing that the child obesity strategy will include a tax on sugary soft drinks as health campaigners pile pressure on David Cameron.

MPs back sugar tax to fight obesity

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A 20 per cent tax on sugary drinks should be brought in to help fight childhood obesity, MPs say.

Child health research at a 'worringly low level'

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Friday, October 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A survey of nearly 2,000 consultant paediatricians has revealed that over 80 per cent have no time allocated for research work.

Car smoking ban comes into force tomorrow

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Smoking in cars when children are present will be illegal from 1 October.

Thousands back infant free school meals

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Close to 20,000 people have signed petitions urging the Government not to scrap Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM).

Infant free school meals scheme in jeopardy

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

Free school meals for all four- to seven-year-olds could be scrapped amid claims the scheme's funding is ‘eating into the core education budget’.

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition urging the health secretary to introduce routine screening for Group B Strep in pregnancy.

Parents urged to cut fizzy drinks

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents are being urged to cut sugar out of children’s diets, following a major Government review.

Petition calls for a more joined-up approach between health and education

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| Nursery World

A new petition calls for the Government's Health and Education departments to work more closely together to tackle 'critical issues' affecting children's development.

Smoking puts nearly half a million children into poverty in the UK

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Around 400,000 children are being pushed into poverty because of their parents’ smoking habit, according to a new study.

Obesity ‘significantly higher’ in British Pakistani toddlers, new study suggests

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Research by Leeds Beckett University suggests obesity is higher in British Pakistani children compared to those from white British backgrounds.

Government's schools asbestos review 'lacks long-term strategies'

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Friday, March 13, 2015

| Nursery World

While the Government's review of asbestos policy in schools has been welcomed, unions and campaigners say it does not go far enough to prevent future deaths.

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Supporting parental and child wellbeing through pregnancy to the first two years of a child’s life should be viewed as a key priority and attract as much spending as the defence budget, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

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Friday, December 19, 2014

| Nursery World

New regulations prohibiting smoking in cars carrying children in England have been put forward to Parliament, which if passed will come into effect from 1 October 2015.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Call for cabinet post to tackle child obesity

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A cabinet minister for children should be appointed to oversee policy and strategy for child health and fitness across all departments, a cross-party group of MPS and peers has said.

Government 'failing' early years children

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Young children's lives are being damaged by rising inequality, a leading health expert has said.

Free meals for all primary children in borough

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| Nursery World

All primary school children in Tower Hamlets will be offered free school meals from this term.

Troubled Families programme to expand focus to under-fives

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government’s Troubled Families programme is to be expanded to help an additional 400,000 families, including those with children under five.

SEND code gains parliamentary approval

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

| Nursery World

New statutory guidance on how early years providers should support children with special educational needs and disabilities has been approved by Parliament.

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Major expansion of the Flying Start scheme in Wales so far has taken place during the last 12 months, latest figures show.

Call for GPs to act on early signs of child maltreatment

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| Nursery World

GPs should play a greater role in identifying child abuse and neglect, a report says.

Call for midwives to be based in children's centres

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

| Nursery World

The charity 4Children is calling for midwives and health visitors be based at children’s centres, after a poll revealed that a quarter of mothers-to-be found out information about pregnancy from a children’s centre.

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Youngest children not active enough

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

Pressure mounts on Cameron over fizzy drinks tax

MPs back sugar tax to fight obesity

Child health research at a 'worringly low level'

Car smoking ban comes into force tomorrow

Thousands back infant free school meals

Infant free school meals scheme in jeopardy

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

Parents urged to cut fizzy drinks

Petition calls for a more joined-up approach between health and education

Smoking puts nearly half a million children into poverty in the UK

Obesity ‘significantly higher’ in British Pakistani toddlers, new study suggests

Government's schools asbestos review 'lacks long-term strategies'

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Call for cabinet post to tackle child obesity

Government 'failing' early years children

Free meals for all primary children in borough

Troubled Families programme to expand focus to under-fives

SEND code gains parliamentary approval

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

Call for GPs to act on early signs of child maltreatment

Call for midwives to be based in children's centres

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