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Health visitor advice: 'Make safeguarding everyone's business'

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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In a new series of columns penned by senior health visitors, Rachel Costis, operational manager for public health nursing at Swindon Borough Council, sets out key safeguarding lessons from two recent child deaths: Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson

Health & Wellbeing: Combatting the rise in seasonal infections

Features

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Are children suffering a form of ‘immunity debt’ from lack of exposure to bugs during the pandemic? By Meredith Jones Russell

Vulnerable babies ‘invisible’ in the pandemic

News

Monday, December 21, 2020

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Soaring increases in child neglect, domestic violence and perinatal mental illness have been reported by health visitors during the pandemic, a report from the Institute of Health Visiting finds.

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

News

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership organisations, has called on the Government to allow children to delay starting Reception until January or April 2021 and to stay at their early years settings instead.

Bumps and bruises: what Ofsted needs

Opinion

Monday, January 7, 2019

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Dee Coleman, Principal Officer, Early Years, explains what Ofsted does and does not require for accident notifications and mobile phones

Nursery Management: Health & Safety - Be prepared

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

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In light of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which claimed 72 lives in June, Meredith Jones Russell looks at current fire safety advice and how it might affect childcare settings

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

News

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

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

News

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.