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

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.

New resource to support mental health in the early years

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

| Nursery World

UNICEF UK and the University of Cambridge have launched a new resource to support the mental health of babies and young children.

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.

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).

Nursery World Awards 2022 open for entries

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

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The leading accolades for the early years sector, the Nursery World Awards 2022, are up and running, with several new categories among the 26 on offer.

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.

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.

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

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Friday, October 22, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

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

Concerns that council plans to cut health visitors will 'cause preventable harm'

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Friday, August 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Organisations that advocate for women's health and unions are worried that proposals by two councils to reduce their health visiting teams will put children and families at risk.

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.

Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings

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Friday, July 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Official data shows that cases of the vomiting bug have been spreading ‘rapidly’ among pre-school children in nurseries and childcare settings in England over the past few weeks.

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.

Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

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Henry Dimbleby is urging ministers to introduce a new tax on sugar and salt to improve the nation's health, and fund the expansion of free school meals for an extra 1.1 million children.

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.

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 parents: ‘NHS is here for you’ if your child is unwell

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Friday, November 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Paediatricians, health visitors and GPs have launched a ‘fridge poster’ signposting new parents where to turn to for help with concerns about their babies’ health.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

New resource to support mental health in the early years

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

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

Nursery World Awards 2022 open for entries

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Concerns that council plans to cut health visitors will 'cause preventable harm'

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

Boris Johnson's food tsar calls for sugar and salt tax to fund free school meal expansion

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

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

New parents: ‘NHS is here for you’ if your child is unwell

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

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

Coronavirus: Lockdown negatively affected babies' behaviour and development

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

A third of UK baby deaths 'avoidable'

New framework for training in infant mental health launches

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