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Number of people using food banks almost triples in a year

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| Nursery World

A food bank charity has revealed that more than 900,000 people used its food banks in the last year.

Scientists may have found a cure for peanut allergy

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A trial in Australia has been successful in treating children with potentially life-threatening peanut allergy.

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.

Tighten up farm visits, says E.Coli inquiry

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Petting farms need stricter guidelines in place to protect children from E.Coli, following the UK's biggest outbreak of the infection last year, says an expert report.

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Firefighters across England are working with councils to tackle childhood obesity and cut sudden infant deaths.

Playgroup plants its talents at Chelsea

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

| Nursery World

Green-fingered children from a Scottish playgroup won the chance to showcase their talents at last month's Chelsea Flower Show.

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.

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| Nursery World

New guidance recommends parents be informed of the link between sudden infant death syndrome and co-sleeping with a child up until their first birthday.

Health visitors to be trained to close the word gap

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Thursday, February 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A thousand health visitors in the most deprived parts of England will be given specialist training to help close the language gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Almost half of meals served to young children are too big or too small

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Monday, August 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Analysis by the Infant & Toddler Forum (ITF) found 49 per cent of meals served to children aged between one and four were outside the recommended portion size range.

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

| Nursery World

London’s Child Obesity Taskforce has announced its 10 ambitions to improve child health across the capital.

Getting children moving is key to improving their mental health, say MPs

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Getting children moving can ‘kick-start’ a solution to the children’s mental health crisis, according to a new report from the APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood.

Children wanted for research into new eczema treatment

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Monday, January 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Three hundred children are being recruited for a clinical trial to determine whether silk clothing can help in the treatment of eczema.

Children encouraged to swap 'screen time' for time outdoors

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Monday, March 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Three children’s organisations in the UK are urging children to get outdoors for National Children’s Day 2014.

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents have never received information from healthcare professionals on vitamin D levels in their child, a new poll finds.

Labour calls for smoking ban in cars to protect children

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

The Labour party has tabled an amendment to the Children and Families Bill to ban smoking in cars carrying children.

Hospital offers early years education to young patients

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

| Nursery World

A charity has launched what it claims is the first hospital-based pre-school provision for patients in the country.

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

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Sunday, June 24, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has reformed its Childhood Obesity Plan to include tighter controls on junk food marketing.

Working families 'losing hundreds' under Universal Credit

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

According to the Child Poverty Action Group, working families claiming universal credit are losing hundreds of pounds because of a 'flaw' in the system.

Nurseries urged to publicise flu vaccine

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

The chief medical officer has written a letter to early years practitioners seeking their help in raising awareness of the childhood flu immunisation programme.

Cuts and Brexit uncertainty putting children's health at risk

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal early years services continue to bear the brunt of cuts to public health services, with no targeted help for children and families in poverty, children’s doctors warn today.

Analysis: 'Be obsessive about handwashing' in E. Coli aftermath

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

| Nursery World

Early years settings may soon face stricter guidelines on exposing young children to animals that can harbour dangerous bacteria. Melanie Defries hears the arguments.

Handwashing row threatens running of outdoor nursery

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Friday, August 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Scotland's first outdoor nursery has come under fire after Care Commission inspectors deemed its handwashing practices to be against health and safety recommendations.

Campaign to encourage parents to seek help for children's toileting problems

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Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Many parents wait for more than a year before seeking help for their child's continence problem, a survey reveals.

Parents' work pressures put children's safety at risk

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Child safety is at risk as British parents struggle to find time to prevent accidents, according to research out today from the Child Accident Prevention Trust.

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Number of people using food banks almost triples in a year

Scientists may have found a cure for peanut allergy

Call for cabinet post to tackle child obesity

Tighten up farm visits, says E.Coli inquiry

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

Playgroup plants its talents at Chelsea

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

Health visitors to be trained to close the word gap

Almost half of meals served to young children are too big or too small

Mayor to consider plans to tackle child obesity

Getting children moving is key to improving their mental health, say MPs

Children wanted for research into new eczema treatment

Children encouraged to swap 'screen time' for time outdoors

Parents lack information on vitamin D for children

Labour calls for smoking ban in cars to protect children

Hospital offers early years education to young patients

Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

Working families 'losing hundreds' under Universal Credit

Nurseries urged to publicise flu vaccine

Cuts and Brexit uncertainty putting children's health at risk

Analysis: 'Be obsessive about handwashing' in E. Coli aftermath

Handwashing row threatens running of outdoor nursery

Campaign to encourage parents to seek help for children's toileting problems

Parents' work pressures put children's safety at risk

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