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The big picture: On the ward

    News
  • Monday, August 25, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Mothers were able to read to their premature and sick babies on neonatal wards after Booktrust gifted thousands of free children's books to hospitals across the country.

Buy 'bear miles'

    News
  • Sunday, August 10, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Paddington Bear has set off on a summer tour of UK children's hospitals in a bid to raise funds for the Bear Miles for Breakthroughs appeal organised by Action Medical Research to help sick children and babies.

SEND code gains parliamentary approval

    News
  • 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.

Type 1 diabetes on the rise among the under-fives

    News
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
While the rise in the number of adults being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes hit the headlines again recently, what is less reported is the sharp rise in recent years of the number of under-fives diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Guidance for multi-agency working

    News
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
New guidance to support local authorities in commissioning children's public health services from next year identifies ways in which health visitors and early years providers can work together to achieve effective outcomes.

Integrated Working: Hand in hand

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
New initiatives are bringing together expertise from the health service, early years sector and care in an effort to improve provision for children. Katy Morton investigates.

Family Health: Dear Parent

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
In a letter to all parents of young children, Dr Raj Thakkar offers some guidance on both common and more serious medical conditions, what symptoms to look out for, and how to treat them

Healthy Living: Well, well!

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Setting children on the path to a healthy life should start with supporting their well-being and capitalise on their instincts, imagination and freedom to choose. By Pat Gordon-Smith

Professor Terence Stephenson

    Other
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Nuffield Professor of Child Health at University College London and chair of the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

Training: Courses of action

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The current crop of training programmes covers a broad range of topics related to health. Hannah Crown rounds up some of the options.

Immunisation: On the safe side

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Health and childcare professionals are encouraged to play an active role in increasing the uptake of immunisations. Matthew Olley, an immunisation nurse specialist at Public Health England, explains what vaccinations are offered and how early years settings can help.

Physical Development: Hang on

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Have you ever asked young children what they think about physical development? Dr Lala Manners did - with some interesting results.

Childhood Obesity: Swing into action

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Are we getting any closer to understanding childhood obesity? And what should early years practitioners be doing to help prevent it? Professor Pinki Sahota offers expert advice.

Prevention really is better than cure

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Early intervention is vital for improving the health of children and young people, and practitioners have opportunities to make a real difference, say Dr Claire Lemer and Leonora Weil.

Dental Health: Brush up!

    Features
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Despite improvements, dental health problems among children are still a reality. Meredith Jones Russell looks at what is being done.

The Big Picture: The long and the short of it

    News
  • Monday, July 14, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Two- and three-year-olds at Co-operative Childcare's Great Western Hospital Nursery in Swindon have been having fun learning about their bodies and how they vary in size and shape.

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