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Children's activity levels have returned post-lockdown, but most do not meet physical activity guidelines – study

Friday, April 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Children’s physical activity levels are largely the same now as before the pandemic, but just under 60 per cent are not meeting Government activity targets, according to new research.

Covid-19 pandemic having a lasting impact on children's development - report

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds that the ‘wide-reaching’ impacts of the pandemic are far from over for the youngest in society.

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.

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.

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Every child has a right to spend time outdoors, said Professor Jan White, speaking at Nursery World’s outdoor play conference.

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

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

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.

Interview - Monika Jephcott and Sophia O'Neill of Play Therapy UK

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Monika Jephcott (left), chief executive of Play Therapy UK (PTUK), has spent six years lobbying the Government to ensure children are at the forefront of the reform of the 1983 Mental Health Act, scheduled to become law during this Parliament. Sophia O'Neill, child and family therapist (right), who works as a lead play therapist at Treetops Therapy and teaches a postgraduate Master's course on Practice Based Play Therapy, is PTUK's spokesperson.

Interview: Andrea Leadsom MP and Jo Churchill, public health minister

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

| Nursery World

We talk to Andrea Leadsom and Jo Churchill about progress on the Early Years Healthy Development Review

Coronavirus: Young children's mental health suffered in lockdown - study

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Mental health difficulties in primary school-aged children increased during the first national lockdown, the latest Co-SPACE study highlights.

Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Children’s health has been ‘neglected for far too long in the early years’, a leading expert told delegates at Nursery World’s online CPD conference on the EYFS.

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 1,500 paediatricians have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for the Government to urgently publish a clear plan for getting all children back to school.

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

A charity has warned that using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework is ‘no quick fix’ for identifying and supporting children at risk from the effects of abuse and neglect – and those using the framework may be overlooking vulnerable children.

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

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Friday, August 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents say that a lack of play areas is affecting their child's health, figures suggest.

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Children's activity levels have returned post-lockdown, but most do not meet physical activity guidelines – study

Covid-19 pandemic having a lasting impact on children's development - report

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

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

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

Interview - Monika Jephcott and Sophia O'Neill of Play Therapy UK

Interview: Andrea Leadsom MP and Jo Churchill, public health minister

Coronavirus: Young children's mental health suffered in lockdown - study

Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

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