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Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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.

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

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Friday, July 30, 2021

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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.

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

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Friday, July 29, 2016

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‘Every movement counts’ is the motto of a new Department of Health campaign to encourage children aged under five to be physically active for at least three hours a day.

Children's 'red books' start to go online from April

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Monday, February 13, 2017

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The ‘red book’, the paper-based personal child health record for under-fives, will be available online for London parents from April ahead of a national rollout.

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

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The Health and Social Care Committee wants the Government to produce a long-term strategy for the first 1,000 days of life to improve support and services for children and families.

Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

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Monday, February 18, 2013

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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.

One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

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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

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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.

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

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Friday, July 18, 2014

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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

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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.

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

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

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

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A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Good heart health begins in infancy

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

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Rapid weight gain in a child’s early years could increase their heart attack and stroke risk as adults, a study has found.

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.

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

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Monday, June 8, 2020

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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

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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.

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Friday, October 9, 2020

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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

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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

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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.

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

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

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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.

Babies in Northern Ireland to be vaccinated two months' earlier against MMR

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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The age at which children receive the MMR vaccine in Northern Ireland has fallen from 15 months to 13 months, bringing them in line with the rest of the UK.

Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce

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Friday, October 22, 2021

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A new report calls on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to creating a first-class early years workforce by releasing a ‘comprehensive strategy’ to raise the entry qualification level and publishing pay scales.

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

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Friday, December 3, 2021

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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

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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.

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Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

Children's 'red books' start to go online from April

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

Save the Children campaigns to highlight breastfeeding drop

One in four mothers unsure about how to wean their baby

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

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

Petition calls for Group B Strep test for newborns

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

Good heart health begins in infancy

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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

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

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

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

Babies in Northern Ireland to be vaccinated two months' earlier against MMR

Health and wellbeing study urges ministers to invest more in the early years workforce

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

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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