The first director of Sure Start, Naomi Eisenstadt, has voiced her concerns about the Government's targeting of the 'neediest children' at the expense of all children, which she said risked pushing...
The UK should adopt the World Health Organisation (WHO) system of measuring child growth on breast-fed babies rather than faster-growing formula-fed babies, according to a new report.
A new online information service to help health visitors identify children with speech, language and communication difficulties has been launched by I CAN. Starting Point at...
SunSmart, the skin cancer prevention campaign run by Cancer Research UK and funded by the UK health departments, has produced a series of guidelines for nurseries and pre-schools to develop a sun...
We should all be doing it more often and more carefully - especially in nurseries, where better handwashing could drastically reduce infections, says Ruth Thomson.
A new vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis will be offered to every child under two in the UK from the autumn, the Department of Health has announced. From 4 September every child starting their...
By Margaret Hodge, minister for children, young people and families in England It can be a daunting prospect for any parent to support their child financially, emotionally and throughout education,...
Building trust in the pre-school years can encourage traveller families into the formal education system, writes Judith Napier Staff expected a handful of under-fives to come along to their...
Two nursery limited companies and a nursery worker have been ordered to pay a total of 222,400 in fines and costs for health and safety failings that led to the death of a two-year-old girl.
The owner of a day nursery in Co Limerick has been fined IR5,000 for contravening Ireland's childcare regulations and ordered to close the setting within 14 days. Last week at Limerick District Court...