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Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Pen Green children’s centre has said it will continue to push for the funding it needs to continue operating, after the council redistributed money from its budget to prop it up, alongside three other maintained nursery schools.

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

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Progress in improving the health of under-fives has ‘stalled’ in the last five years, particularly infant mortality and obesity, which is getting worse, according to findings from a new report.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

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Monday, November 29, 2021

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A total of 200,000 expectant parents in Scotland have received a Baby Box, under the devolved government’s scheme aimed at tackling inequality and promoting health.

Cross-party Lords urge ministers to reverse cuts to early years services

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Friday, November 19, 2021

| Nursery World

A House of Lords committee are calling for the Government to restore funding for early years services and youth support to 2010 levels to protect vulnerable children.

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

| Nursery World

According to new research from a group of charities, many routine health visitor checks continue to be over the phone, drop-in clinics are no longer operating in some areas and baby and toddler groups have either stopped running or are hard to access.

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

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Monday, October 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Up to 1.5 million children are at risk of speech and language delay, which is why their support needs to be at the heart of this week’s Spending Review, says Carol Payne, interim chief executive of I CAN, the children's communication charity

Families with children under five face ‘steep rises’ in poverty, warns research

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

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A new evidence review, published today by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that more than one in three children in the UK are living in poverty, amounting to 2.2 million under-fives.

Coronavirus: Services for babies 'stretched' and failing to reach many families

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

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The pandemic continues to have a ‘significant’ impact on babies, their families and the services that work with them, according to a new report from the First 1001 Days Movement.

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Delays to development checks and the introduction of non-face-to-face appointments due to the pandemic are hindering the effectiveness of the programme. Katy Morton reports

Marcus Rashford urges more low-income families to sign up for food voucher scheme

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

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In an open letter, the footballer and child food poverty campaigner calls on health professionals to spread the word about the Government's Healthy Start scheme, in a bid to increase take-up among eligible families.

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

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Friday, July 30, 2021

| Nursery World

Doctors and midwives are urging pregnant women to have their Covid-19 vaccination as soon as possible, following a rise in the number of unvaccinated women being admitted to hospital with severe coronavirus.

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

A new podcast series featuring stories of parents who have given birth during lockdown along with interviews with leading practitioners and politicians, has been launched by Andrea Leadsom MP, chair of the Early Years Healthy Development Review.

Cross-party MPs call for greater post-Covid support for early years

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The Early Years Commission is calling on the Government to extend financial support to children under the age of five in the wake of the pandemic.

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

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Dedicated mental health ‘hubs’ for new, expectant and bereaved mums are being set up across England as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to increase access to psychological support for women.

‘Start for Life’ support package to be launched for new parents

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom has launched the long-awaited Early Years Healthy Development Review, which sets out a vision for improving babies’ healthy development and reducing inequalities in the first 1,001 days of life.

Leadsom outlines emerging findings of the Government’s review into babies’ healthy development

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Preliminary findings of the Early Years Healthy Development Review were outlined by Andrea Leadsom MP at the APPG on Conception to age two meeting, held yesterday.

Report reveals ‘hidden harms’ of spring lockdown on babies

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Emerging evidence of the ‘harm’ that lockdown has had on babies is detailed in a new report launched today.

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

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Friday, December 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Pregnant women should be able to have someone with them for all their maternity appointments, scans and for the entire labour and birth, NHS health trusts in England have been told.

Coronavirus: Early years review considers benefits of digital support for new parents

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Digital and remote support can be 'vital’ for new parents struggling to get the help they need during the pandemic, MP Andrea Leadsom told Nursery World in an exclusive interview about the Government’s Early Years Healthy Development Review.

Babies in lockdown: ‘perfect storm’ caused by withdrawal of key services

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

| Nursery World

The pandemic has caused a ‘perfect storm’ where vital services and support for pregnant mothers and babies were withdrawn from many families at a time when they needed it most, according to the First 1001 Days Movement.

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Friday, October 9, 2020

| Nursery World

New parents, health service professionals, charities and volunteer groups have until 16 October to respond to an online questionnaire that will help shape the outcome of the review into early years healthy development, led by Government advisor Andrea Leadsom MP.

Andrea Leadsom to lead review into early years health

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom has been commissioned by the prime minister to lead a new review into improving the health outcomes of babies and young children, as part of the Government’s 'levelling up' agenda.

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Covid-19 is likely to increase the strain on the mental health of under-fives and their parents, warns the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), at the start of this week’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

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Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

Cross-party Lords urge ministers to reverse cuts to early years services

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

Families with children under five face ‘steep rises’ in poverty, warns research

Coronavirus: Services for babies 'stretched' and failing to reach many families

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Marcus Rashford urges more low-income families to sign up for food voucher scheme

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

Cross-party MPs call for greater post-Covid support for early years

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

‘Start for Life’ support package to be launched for new parents

Leadsom outlines emerging findings of the Government’s review into babies’ healthy development

Report reveals ‘hidden harms’ of spring lockdown on babies

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

Coronavirus: Early years review considers benefits of digital support for new parents

Babies in lockdown: ‘perfect storm’ caused by withdrawal of key services

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

Andrea Leadsom to lead review into early years health

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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