Watching television in early childhood increases the risk of belowaverage school performance and poor health at the age of ten, according to new research.
Frontline mental health and childcare services for vulnerable mothers and babies are increasingly under threat, says Professor Andrew Cooper
New figures reveal an increase in the number of teachers on long-term sick leave for stress and mental health reasons.
Children as young as eight canbe prescribed the anti-depressant Prozac, the European Medicines Agency said last week. But mental health experts said that it was vital that any use of the drug in...
An on-site nursery for employees of a Government-run health security agency has announced that it will be closing in the summer due to the ‘significant investment’ needed to refurbish the building.
An Essex nursery has won an award from the British Safety Council for the sixth year in a row. Springlands Day Nursery in Colchester was one of about 1,000 large and small enterprises throughout the...
A London health authority is investigating a suspected outbreak of measles at two pre-school settings as fears grow about levels of immunisation dropping to dangerous levels. A spokesperson for...
'Ministers should be seriously questioning why it is that we spend less per child on school meals than we do on meals for convicted prisoners.' Liberal Democrat health spokesman Paul Burstow on the...
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