8 June 2006
New EU regulations are to monitor whether medicines
have been properly tested for children. Around 50 per cent of European drugs
used to treat children have never been tested on...
8 June 2006
Children's charities called for an overhaul of the tax
credit system last week as the Government confirmed that just under two million
families were overpaid £1.8bn in the past year....
8 June 2006
A nursery's menu is going takeaway for busy parents.
James Sedgwick, a professional chef, and his wife Maria, who has worked as a
nurse and is now studying for a...
8 June 2006
Doctors have raised concerns over the cost and
implementation of the new vaccine against pneumococcal disease, due to be
introduced into the UK. In February, the Department of Health (DoH)...
8 June 2006
The Daycare Trust has named two new joint chief
executives. Emma Knights started her job on Monday. She will be joined next
week by Alison Garnham. Ms Knights has worked...
8 June 2006
(Photograph) - Painting on the ground really counted
for number learning when nursery workers, parents and volunteers from the DfES
teamed up for a garden makeover at Places for Children...
8 June 2006
The Careshare nursery struck by E. coli 0157 at Lauder
College, Dunfermline, is expected to re-open on Monday (12 June), subject to
approval by Fife Environmental Health and the Care...
8 June 2006
The second of our new regular columnists, Helen Penn,
says teacher training must be relevant and, most importantly, fun I was sorting
through my books last week and re-discovered one...
8 June 2006
The development of siblings of children with autism at
4 and 14 months: social engagement, communication, and cognition Two groups of
14 Israeli children were studied at four and 14...
8 June 2006
The association between early minor motor difficulties
in extreme low birthweight infants and school age attentional difficulties
Extremely premature infants of normal intellectual ability have an increased
prevalence of motor...
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