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Nursery milk under review

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government is to carry out a review of the free milk scheme for nursery children over fears of escalating costs to tax payers.

Doctors call for ban on smoking in cars to protect children

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The British Medical Association is calling for a ban on smoking in cars to protect children and vulnerable individuals from second hand smoke.

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced it is providing up to 3m in funding to deliver a two-year programme to increase early intervention mental health support for children in the voluntary and community sector.

Tax on chocolate and fizzy drinks proposed by anti-obesity campaigner

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum has suggested that a tax on sugar should be introduced, following the Prime Minister's decision to consider placing a surcharge on fatty foods to tackle Britain's growing obesity levels.

Postnatal depression left untreated among thousands of mothers

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Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Up to 35,000 new mothers struggle with postnatal depression each year without seeking treatment, a survey by 4 children suggests.

Children's soft drinks advertising makes 'false health claims'

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents are being misled by soft drinks marketing that falsely claims many drinks that are targeted at children contain fruit and are healthy when they are not, according to research.

School lunches will cost parents more

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The cost of school meals is to rise as much as by two-thirds in some areas of the country at the start of the new term, a new survey has found.

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Research and nutrition senior manager at the School Food Trust

Health visitors to come under local authority control in plans to reform public health

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Local authorities will take-over responsibility for commissioning health visitors and school nurses in their area, under new Government plans.

Under-fives should exercise three hours a day, new guidelines say

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Toddlers should be physically active for three hours a day, recommends new guidance published today by the Department of Health.

Government plans new nursery food guidance

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Friday, June 24, 2011

| Nursery World

New nutritional guidelines for nurseries and children's centres are being drawn up by The School Food Trust.

Newborns to be vaccinated against TB

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Friday, June 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of newborn babies will be vaccinated against tuberculosis to curb the rising number of cases.

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

The Baby Cafe network of breastfeeding drop-in sessions looks set to be extended following the takeover of the charity by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A 33.5m project is to follow the lives of 90,000 British children from birth to find out more about what factors affect health and happiness in society.

Health visitors set for every children's centre

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Every children's centre will have access to a named health visitor, as part of a move to recruit 4,200 health visitors by 2015 to offer families with young children improved help and support.

Government sets out plans to eradicate child poverty

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Ministers are asking for voluntary organisations, charities and local communities to contribute to a consultation on developing a long-term strategy to end child poverty.

Babies in Northern Ireland to be vaccinated two months' earlier against MMR

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

| Nursery World

The age at which children receive the MMR vaccine in Northern Ireland has fallen from 15 months to 13 months, bringing them in line with the rest of the UK.

Views sought ahead of SEN Green Paper

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has asked early years practitioners, parents, teachers and local authorities to offer their ideas for how to make the education system easier for children with special educational needs and their families.

More nappies for disabled children

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Prime minister David Cameron has acted to end Primary Care Trust limits on nappies for disabled children, following a campaign by Mumsnet and Every Disabled Child Matters.

Free milk to stay

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

| Nursery World

The provision of free milk for the under-fives has been saved after David Cameron overturned a proposal to scrap it.

Government wants to lure back former health visitors

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

| Nursery World

The Government is urging health visitors who have left their jobs to return to the profession, as part of plans for recruiting 4,200 health visitors that are to be unveiled in the autumn.

Obesity could be a child protection issue, say health experts

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Parents who consistently fail to help their obese children lose weight could be accused of neglect, a group of health experts have said.

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

A debate on whether health visitors should be based in children's centres or at doctors' surgeries has broken out, after GPs claimed that there is a communication breakdown with those based at childcare settings.

Child detention 'will be ended', says new government

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

Campaigners have welcomed a pledge by the new coalition Government to end the detention of children in immigration centres.

Analysis: Time to serve up regulation for nursery food

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Are all parties finally coming to agreement on what needs to be done to improve the food provided for nursery children? Karen Faux reports.

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Nursery milk under review

Doctors call for ban on smoking in cars to protect children

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

Tax on chocolate and fizzy drinks proposed by anti-obesity campaigner

Postnatal depression left untreated among thousands of mothers

Children's soft drinks advertising makes 'false health claims'

School lunches will cost parents more

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

Health visitors to come under local authority control in plans to reform public health

Under-fives should exercise three hours a day, new guidelines say

Government plans new nursery food guidance

Newborns to be vaccinated against TB

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

Health visitors set for every children's centre

Government sets out plans to eradicate child poverty

Babies in Northern Ireland to be vaccinated two months' earlier against MMR

Views sought ahead of SEN Green Paper

More nappies for disabled children

Free milk to stay

Government wants to lure back former health visitors

Obesity could be a child protection issue, say health experts

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

Child detention 'will be ended', says new government

Analysis: Time to serve up regulation for nursery food

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