The UK's child immunisation programme has added a new vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis, the Department of Health announced last week. Babies will receive the vaccine in three stages at two,...
Public health workers in Aberdeen have come up with a new vehicle for introducing children to a healthy diet - the sandwich. During a week-long project, public health dietitian Jenny Coutts visited...
Parents want support to manage their children’s emotional wellbeing, education and coming out of social isolation, initial findings from a major study tracking mental health throughout the pandemic...
(Photograph) - Every baby born this month in England will be given a bib bearing the slogan, 'If you smoke, I smoke', as part of a Government drive to highlight the dangers of passive smoking. The...
* July 1999 Asquith Court Schools buys Gatehouse group. * February 2000 Busy Bees secures 50m funding from Gresham Trust to establish up to 90 nurseries, targeting the health sector.
Guidance for tackling childhood obesity has been produced for local authorities and Primary Care Trusts by the Department of Health.
I was appalled by some of the advice given on dealing with head lice (Health News, 3 October). I can't believe that responsible health authorities would actually recommend a 'mosaic' method of using...
(Photograph) - Health Minister Jane Hutt gets in the swing of play with Olivia Muse, eight, from Sully, Fern Esson, eight, from Tongwynlais and Stephen and Joe Rowley, aged eight and nine, from...
This year's School and Public Health Nurses Association Conference (29 September, Slough) provides an opportunity for nursery and school nurses to hear from the DfE on its vision for services and how...
A Labour Government would axe Ofsted and replace it with local authority ‘health checks' for childcare providers and schools.