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Sharp fall in number of hospital admissions for childhood asthma

Monday, January 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Researchers from Imperial College London found that there was a 12 per cent drop in hospital admissions for children's asthma in the first year after the smoking ban was introduced to stop smoking in public places.

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Friday, October 9, 2020

| Nursery World

New parents, health service professionals, charities and volunteer groups have until 16 October to respond to an online questionnaire that will help shape the outcome of the review into early years healthy development, led by Government advisor Andrea Leadsom MP.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Nottinghamshire nurseries chosen to help flght childhood obesity

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Seven nurseries in Nottinghamshire have been nominated to take part in a government-funded childhood obesity project, supported by the Soil Association’s Food for Life programme.

Group singing found to benefit new mums' mental health

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Online group singing programmes for new mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression has been found to bring positive results.

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Delays to development checks and the introduction of non-face-to-face appointments due to the pandemic are hindering the effectiveness of the programme. Katy Morton reports

In Focus: Health Inequalities - Call for action

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged children are increasing, according to new research, whose authors call for more resources. By Katy Morton

Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Thousands of nursery children that are eligible for free school meals could be missing out on the benefit, according to an analysis by the Education Policy Institute.

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their development, but more than 80 percent believe the Government is not doing enough to provide support to families, according to a survey ahead of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Co-infection of common viruses likely cause of rise in childhood hepatitis

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Health experts in the UK believe they have identified the cause behind a surge in childhood hepatitis across the world.

Awards highlight children's communication

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Monday, November 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Nurseries, pre-schools, childminders, schools, and all those working to develop children's speech, language and communication skills are invited to enter the 2013/2014 Shine A Light Awards.

Masterchef semi-finalist shares tips on cooking with children

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Monday, November 25, 2013

| Nursery World

A series of webcasts, featuring a Masterchef semi-finalist and former nursery chef, have been launched with advice for settings on planning cooking sessions with children.

Floella Benjamin made chair of All-Party group concerned with childhood obesity

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| Nursery World

The former children's television presenter, who is now a peer, has been named as the chair of the All-Party group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood.

Schools to be able to keep emergency asthma inhaler

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has committed to changing the law on allowing emergency asthma inhalers in schools.

Schools face using budgets to fund free school meals

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Nearly a third of councils do not have enough money to pay for Free School Meals for all infants from September.

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.

Government unveils example menus and food guidance

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s long-awaited guide menus and dietary advice for early years settings were finally published this month.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

UK misses MMR target, but immunisation at all-time high

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Friday, September 27, 2013

| Nursery World

The number of children having the MMR jab has reached a record high, however coverage is still lower than the 95 per cent target set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Sharp fall in number of hospital admissions for childhood asthma

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Nottinghamshire nurseries chosen to help flght childhood obesity

Group singing found to benefit new mums' mental health

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

In Focus: Health Inequalities - Call for action

Thousands of nursery children in poverty could be missing out on free school meals

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

Co-infection of common viruses likely cause of rise in childhood hepatitis

Awards highlight children's communication

Masterchef semi-finalist shares tips on cooking with children

Floella Benjamin made chair of All-Party group concerned with childhood obesity

Schools to be able to keep emergency asthma inhaler

Schools face using budgets to fund free school meals

SEND code gains parliamentary approval

Government unveils example menus and food guidance

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

UK misses MMR target, but immunisation at all-time high

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