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Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

Monday, February 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The lives of 830,000 babies a year could be saved if new mothers around the world breastfed straight after giving birth, according to Save the Children.

New campaign raises awareness of the threat of meningitis to under-fives

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A new global campaign to highlight the impact of meningitis on children and their families was launched today in London.

Eczema could trigger food allergies in children

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Friday, July 19, 2013

| Nursery World

A study by Kings College London and the University of Dundee has found that eczema plays a key role in the development of food allergy in babies.

Coronavirus: Lockdown negatively affected babies' behaviour and development

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

A new report finds that the Coronavirus lockdown has been detrimental for babies and their parents and warns the effects could be long lasting.

Report paves way for Integrated Review for two-year-olds

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has published findings from the pilot phase of the Integrated Review for two-year-olds.

Number of children having MMR vaccine continues to rise

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of children having the MMR jab has reached a record high, according to new figures from the NHS.

Charity warns of dangers of cot bumpers

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Friday, November 27, 2015

| Nursery World

A charity concerned with sleep safety for babies is urging parents to remove cot bumpers as new evidence shows they pose a serious risk to infants.

Call for early years practitioners to train as parent-infant therapists

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Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

The Oxford Parent Infant Project (OXPIP), a charity that supports parents to develop a relationship with their baby, is looking to train early years practitioners across the UK to become parent-infant therapists.

Co-sleeping raises cot death risk

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents who share a bed with their breastfed baby increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome five-fold, warns a new study, the largest analysis of its kind.

One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| Nursery World

A Government-backed campaign aims to help parents with weaning and tackle widespread myths about the signs a baby is ready to try their first solid foods.

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Labour’s shadow health secretary has pledged to introduce an additional health check for babies, as part of the party's commitment to making Britain’s children the healthiest in the world.

New framework for training in infant mental health launches

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Thursday, May 9, 2019

| Nursery World

A new competencies framework for all those working with children from 0-2 aims to help practitioners assess their knowledge and identify gaps in their training.

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

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

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Friday, March 4, 2022

| Nursery World

New guidance on how to safely introduce children to solid food has been launched by the Government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Major expansion of the Flying Start scheme in Wales so far has taken place during the last 12 months, latest figures show.

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.

A third of UK baby deaths 'avoidable'

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

There are too many avoidable stillbirths, deaths and brain injuries in babies born in the UK, according to a new report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Firefighters across England are working with councils to tackle childhood obesity and cut sudden infant deaths.

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition urging the health secretary to introduce routine screening for Group B Strep in pregnancy.

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| Nursery World

New guidance recommends parents be informed of the link between sudden infant death syndrome and co-sleeping with a child up until their first birthday.

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Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

New campaign raises awareness of the threat of meningitis to under-fives

Eczema could trigger food allergies in children

Coronavirus: Lockdown negatively affected babies' behaviour and development

Report paves way for Integrated Review for two-year-olds

Number of children having MMR vaccine continues to rise

Charity warns of dangers of cot bumpers

Call for early years practitioners to train as parent-infant therapists

Co-sleeping raises cot death risk

One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

New framework for training in infant mental health launches

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

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

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

A third of UK baby deaths 'avoidable'

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

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