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Government must acknowledge 'vital role' of play therapy in Covid recovery

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

| Nursery World

One of the key issues as we try to learn lessons from the pandemic is how to best support the mental health and wellbeing of children, says Dr Lisa Cameron

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

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

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Friday, August 20, 2021

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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.

Study finds Sure Start benefitted children’s long-term health

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Monday, August 16, 2021

| Nursery World

New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals that children who accessed Sure Start children’s centres in their early years were far less likely to be hospitalised later on in life.

Study finds children are unlikely to experience long Covid

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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New research reveals that fewer than one in 20 children who had Coronavirus experienced symptoms beyond four weeks.

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.

Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings

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Friday, July 23, 2021

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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.

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

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More than 60 members of the First 1001 Days Movement have today jointly written to the new health secretary Sajid Javid to highlight the impact of the pandemic on babies and their families.

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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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.

Health - Taking the strain

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The mental health of new fathers is rarely assessed as part of ante- or postnatal care. With dads’ depression on the rise, this needs to change, finds Meredith Jones Russell

A & E departments report dramatic rise in young children with fever

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Friday, June 25, 2021

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Hospital emergency departments have seen a surge in the number of young children being brought in with mild fever by anxious parents - three times the number for June last year.

Group singing found to benefit new mums' mental health

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Online group singing programmes for new mothers with symptoms of postnatal depression has been found to bring positive results.

New perinatal mental health resources launched

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Monday, June 21, 2021

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Resources to support the mental health of new fathers; parents who had a baby during the pandemic, and mothers from British South Asian communities, have been launched by the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV).

Government to launch specialist long Covid hubs for children

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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Children will soon be able to be referred to specialist long Covid services, as a part of a £100 million expansion of care for those suffering from the condition.

Survey highlights gap in provision for babies and infant mental health

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Saturday, June 5, 2021

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Babies and toddlers are often overlooked in mental health provision for children, according to a new report, which suggests that only half of CAMHS services accept referrals for children aged two and under.

Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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More than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic, Labour estimates.

NDNA supports campaign to explore a ‘colourful rainbow of fruit and vegetables’

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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More than half of children under the age of four eat two or less portions of fruit and vegetables a day, a survey by children’s food brand, Organix, has found.

Parents' mental health hit once more under latest lockdown

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Parental stress, depression, and anxiety have again increased since new national restrictions have been introduced, according to the latest report from the Oxford University led Covid-19 Supporting Parents, Adolescents, and Children in Epidemics (Co-SPACE) study.

Coronavirus: London nurseries forced to close as staff hospitalised and the new variant spreads

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Monday, January 18, 2021

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Four members of staff have been hospitalised with Covid-19 from London's largest group of social enterprise nurseries, and more than a third of its settings have been forced to close.

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Government must acknowledge 'vital role' of play therapy in Covid recovery

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

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

Study finds Sure Start benefitted children’s long-term health

Study finds children are unlikely to experience long Covid

Rise in hospital admissions for Covid among unvaccinated pregnant women

Norovirus on the rise in childcare settings

Charities call on health secretary to end ‘baby blindspot’

Andrea Leadsom launches new early years podcast

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

Health - Taking the strain

A & E departments report dramatic rise in young children with fever

Group singing found to benefit new mums' mental health

New perinatal mental health resources launched

Government to launch specialist long Covid hubs for children

Survey highlights gap in provision for babies and infant mental health

Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

NDNA supports campaign to explore a ‘colourful rainbow of fruit and vegetables’

Parents' mental health hit once more under latest lockdown

Coronavirus: London nurseries forced to close as staff hospitalised and the new variant spreads

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