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Three-year wait for autism diagnosis 'pushing families to the brink'

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Children are waiting more than three and half years for an autism diagnosis, pushing families to breaking point, warns a national charity.

4Children sets out plans for 'game-changing' children and family hubs

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

| Nursery World

4Children is calling for the transformation of Sure Start children’s centres into extended ‘Children and Family Hubs'.

Poor joint working hampers support to children and families

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Families with young children are caught up in a complex and unco-ordinated health and education system, according to a new report into early intervention.

Joint effort from doctors and health professionals to tackle childhood obesity

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The medical profession has launched a new campaign to tackle childhood obesity, which doctors say is the 'single greatest public health threat' in Britain.

Working parents 'pushed to breaking point' by long hours culture

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| Nursery World

New research suggests that parents are having to turn down promotions and stall their careers because the UK's long hours culture is putting a strain on family life.

Baby food blamed for children eating too many calories

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Friday, March 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Government research reveals that children are consuming too many calories and more salt than is recommended, with the biggest contributors being infant formula and commercial baby foods.

Family Nurse Partnership to be extended

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The Family Nurse Partnership is to be extended to provide support to 16,000 of the most disadvantaged new mothers and fathers in England by 2015.

Grants available for projects that boost vitamin D in children

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners can apply for a grant of up to 5,000 to fund projects that raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D and boost the intake in pre-school children.

New mothers given less than three minutes to discuss their mental health

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

| Nursery World

New research reveals that new mother checks are being 'squeezed in' by GPs.

Coronavirus: Rise in health visitor workloads puts vulnerable families at risk

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

| Nursery World

The needs of children, especially those at risk of domestic abuse, have been missed due to an increase in health visitor workloads as staff were moved to support the Covid-19 workforce, a survey by UCL warns.

Campaign 'names and shames' stores that sell junk food at the checkout

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Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to urge supermarkets to remove unhealthy snacks from checkouts and queuing areas.

Public Health England creates new job to tackle childhood obesity

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Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

The health psychologist Anna Lucas is the new child obesity programme manager for early years at Public Health England (PHE).

Interview - Ellie McCann

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Friday, October 26, 2012

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Project manager for the Coventry Healthy Early Years Setting Award (CHEYSA).

Call for schools and nurseries to be allowed to keep spare asthma inhalers

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Friday, January 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Asthmatic children's lives are being put at risk because of legislation that prevents schools and nurseries from keeping asthma inhalers in their first aid kit, warns a leading charity.

Yoga therapy for children with SEN celebrated

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Thursday, December 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Members of a unique yoga community joined together for the first international conference on a pioneering yoga method for children with special educational needs.

Healthier foods served at nurseries in nutritional training trial

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The first training sessions to help early years practitioners deliver the nutritional guidelines have led to 'big improvements' to the food served at settings, finds new research.

Parents wrongly use traditional remedies to treat their child's chickenpox

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

The majority of parents are unaware of how to correctly treat their child's chickenpox as they rely on advice from family members and the internet, according to new research.

Government urged to prioritise 'neglected' early help services

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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for adequate Government investment in family support services, as parents across the country highlight a shortage of available and good quality provision.

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report suggests a ‘bleak future’ for school breakfast clubs as more than four in ten teachers say their club will close in the next three years.

School lunches will cost parents more

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The cost of school meals is to rise as much as by two-thirds in some areas of the country at the start of the new term, a new survey has found.

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.

Free vitamins extended to more families

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Free vitamins are being given to children up to the age of four and all pregnant and breastfeeding women, under a scheme being piloted in Wales.

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Supporting parental and child wellbeing through pregnancy to the first two years of a child’s life should be viewed as a key priority and attract as much spending as the defence budget, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

Parents routinely underestimate their child's weight

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Monday, March 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents of obese children do not usually recognise their children’s condition, a new study has found.

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

The Baby Cafe network of breastfeeding drop-in sessions looks set to be extended following the takeover of the charity by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).

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Three-year wait for autism diagnosis 'pushing families to the brink'

4Children sets out plans for 'game-changing' children and family hubs

Poor joint working hampers support to children and families

Joint effort from doctors and health professionals to tackle childhood obesity

Working parents 'pushed to breaking point' by long hours culture

Baby food blamed for children eating too many calories

Family Nurse Partnership to be extended

Grants available for projects that boost vitamin D in children

New mothers given less than three minutes to discuss their mental health

Coronavirus: Rise in health visitor workloads puts vulnerable families at risk

Campaign 'names and shames' stores that sell junk food at the checkout

Public Health England creates new job to tackle childhood obesity

Interview - Ellie McCann

Call for schools and nurseries to be allowed to keep spare asthma inhalers

Yoga therapy for children with SEN celebrated

Healthier foods served at nurseries in nutritional training trial

Parents wrongly use traditional remedies to treat their child's chickenpox

Government urged to prioritise 'neglected' early help services

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

School lunches will cost parents more

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

Free vitamins extended to more families

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

Parents routinely underestimate their child's weight

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

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