Every baby in Wales is to be given a book by their health visitor in their first few months of life, following the release of 400,000 in extra funding for the Bookstart project. Jane Davidson,...
Minister for education Jack McConnell and minister for health Susan Deacon last week launched the Glasgow City Kidz Card for children aged five to 11 years, which lets them have money off a variety of...
One-and-a-half million children in the UK suffer from asthma. The National Asthma Campaign's Junior Asthma Club aims to give four-to 12-year-olds the information they need to manage their asthma as...
The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill, which created the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care which is to take over responsibility for all daycare services from local authorities, received...
All children who exhibit behavioural or developmental problems should be screened for levels of lead in their blood, say researchers from the South and West Devon Health Authority writing in the...
The system for assessing children who have special educational needs (SEN) is costly and bureaucratic, according to a report from public services watchdog the Audit Commission. The report, Statutory...
A public debate on food promotion to children and its impact on their health is being sponsored by the Food Standards Agency. 'Defusing the diet time bomb' will be held at the Queen Elizabeth II...
Parents are the target of a new Government obesity education drive. The Healthy Living Initiative and the Top Tips for Top Mums campaign, launched last Thursday by public health minister Caroline...
The National Early Years Network is marking the tenth anniversary of the UK's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by devoting its annual conference to examining the...
A 'real nappies' project to promote the use of towelling nappies over disposables has been launched by Scottish Green Party leader Robin Harper. For 16 weeks mothers on maternity wards at Edinburgh...