Category: Children’s health

Children’s services leaders in England call for national ‘plan for childhood’

Failure to tackle post-pandemic needs was ‘massive missed opportunity’, say council directorsExplained: the devestating impact of Covid and austerity on children in EnglandChildren’s services leaders have...

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Free school meals ‘cut obesity and help reading skills’ in England, study finds

Labour MPs call to extend provision to every primary pupil in England after study finds health and learning improveLabour is facing calls from MPs to back the provision of free school meals for all primary school children in...

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Disposable vapes to be banned in UK as part of drive to curb youth vaping

Plans to make vaping less appealing also to include restricting fruity flavours and introducing plain packagingMinisters are to ban disposable vapes as part of a UK-wide drive to curb youth vaping.The government is also seeking...

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Children suffering due to lack of outdoor play, UK charities warn

Charities call on government to prioritise outside spaces for play as MPs begin inquiry into planning and children’s wellbeingChildren and young people are suffering huge damage to their health and wellbeing from...

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Labour vows to tackle school absences and ‘broken relationship’ with families

Bridget Phillipson to set out ‘generational challenges’ also including child mental health crisisLabour has vowed to reset the “broken relationship between schools and families” by tackling the crisis in...

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Great Ormond Street to look at home air pollution when diagnosing illnesses

Pioneering initiative to consider children’s addresses after coroner ruled air pollution a factor in death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, nineDoctors at Great Ormond Street are being encouraged to consider air pollution levels...

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Tory MP says most struggling children in his area are ‘products of crap parents’

Bury North MP James Daly makes remark while outlining what New Conservatives group stands forA Conservative MP has claimed most children who struggle in his constituency are the “products of crap parents”.James Daly,...

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Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts

Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling familiesFailure to tackle the cost of soaring infant formula is creating a crisis of infant hunger and putting the health...

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