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

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.

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.

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

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| Nursery World

All children benefit from early education and care from the age of two, with those from poorer backgrounds likely to benefit even more, a major new report out today shows.

Baby and toddler groups warn of mass closures due to cost-of-living crisis

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

One in five 'stay and play' groups are concerned they will have to permanently close their provision within the next year, reveals new research.

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

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Monday, July 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers are unsure whether they will offer the funded places for one and two-year-olds, while many that plan to will limit the number that are available, reveal new survey findings.

EYTs could be the 'link' to protect babies

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Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Early Years teachers (EYTs) could play a crucial role in safeguarding children in their early years, a leading academic has said.

Andrea Leadsom's group seeks to plug gaps for 0-2s

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Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A new cross-Government ministerial group, chaired by the leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom MP, has been working to identify gaps in support and services for families from when a child is conceived up to the age of two.

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.

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

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their development, but more than 80 percent believe the Government is not doing enough to provide support to families, according to a survey ahead of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Rise in children of lone parents living in poverty

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Monday, July 4, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of children in lone parent families in relative poverty is almost double that of children living in two-parent families, reveals new research.

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

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Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Little progress made in closing the development gap in children over a decade - IFS

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Inequalities in early cognitive, social and emotional development of children in the UK have remained ‘stubbornly high’, according to a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Government urged to increase the value of Healthy Start scheme amid 'soaring' food inflation

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

| Nursery World

The value of the Healthy Start scheme, which helps women with children under the age of four with the cost of food and milk, needs to increase by 20 per cent to cover the cost of essentials such as baby formula, finds new analysis.

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.

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting the programme.

New blood test may give more accurate diagnosis of Down Syndrome

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| Nursery World

Pregnant patients at hospitals in London and Kent will be able to trial a new non-invasive test to determine whether their unborn child has Down Syndrome.

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

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

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

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

Baby and toddler groups warn of mass closures due to cost-of-living crisis

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

EYTs could be the 'link' to protect babies

Andrea Leadsom's group seeks to plug gaps for 0-2s

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

Rise in children of lone parents living in poverty

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Little progress made in closing the development gap in children over a decade - IFS

Government urged to increase the value of Healthy Start scheme amid 'soaring' food inflation

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

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

New blood test may give more accurate diagnosis of Down Syndrome

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