The NHS should work with Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships to support more childcare for staff, delegates heard at the first NHS childcare conference. Last week's conference in...
The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has renewed its call for Government guidance for childcare workers on immunisations, following the Government's revelation that a new five-in-one...
A shortage of nutritional and dietary information for those working with one- to three-year-olds has been highlighted in a survey of healthcare and early years professionals. Research agency TNS...
By Caroline Emery, a health visitor and vocational tutor from Alton, Hampshire who trains nursery nurses Dr Bruce Beckwith defined Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in 1969 as 'the sudden death of...
Nicole Weinstein talks to two experts – I CAN’s Kate Freeman and local authority health advisor Joe Corcoran – to find out why moving straight to an open cup from a bottle is the healthiest, but not...
Research evidence showing children as young as three and four are inactive much of their waking lives has fuelled concerns that their 'couch potato' lifestyle may damage their long-term health.
Advice on coping with the stresses and strains of parenthood was launched last week by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI). A booklet and video entitled 'From Breakfast to Bedtime',...
Difficulties in the airways are explained by doctors at <B> Great Ormond Street Hospital </B> in our A-Z series on health
I was startled by the Government's announcement that childminders would be allowed to smoke while supervising their charges (News, 14 December and 21/28 December). Surely there is a mountain of...
Vegetarian campaigners have hit out at the use of fish oil, found in recent trials to improve children's behaviour and concentration, claiming that fish oil supplements contain high levels of...