Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds...
During lockdown, I was redeployed, swapping my job as an NHS health play specialist for working in an onsite NHS nursery. It provided real insights into the lives of young children, healthy and sick.
This deadly disease is examined in our A to Z series on child health by doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital Each year there are around 4,000 reported meningitis cases in the UK.
Childcare providers need to work more closely with professionals from other fields such as health and social work to make sure that young children and their families receive the services they need,...
New health advice has been launched to help schools tackle air pollution.
Children at Acorn at Kents Hill took part in Public Health England’s 2020 dental survey.
In the final part of our series on the Integrated Review, Kay Mathieson examines how it brings together parents, EY practitioners and health professionals to provide an in-depth view of progress
By Stephen Burke, director of the Daycare Trust Children's centres are a big idea whose time has arrived. They will bring together a range of services for children and families, from early education...
The effects of cigarette smoke on children have come under fresh scrutiny in a new report by the World Health Organisation. The report, How second-hand smoke harms and kills non-smokers, has been...
Attending to health is but one small part of supporting a child with complex medical needs in nursery. Ruth Thomson explains.