Analysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’Children in the UK will grow up to be one of the unhealthiest generations in decades, with child...
Read MoreJournalist and healthcare campaigner was driving force behind patient safety initiative after death of 13-year-old daughterThe healthcare campaigner and journalist Merope Mills has been made a CBE in the king’s birthday...
Read MoreA growing number of parents are letting their young children train with weights. But is it a good – or safe – idea? We ask the experts to weigh inMost parents remember the first time their baby smiled or when they...
Read MoreHealth secretary wrote to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, urging her to ‘take heat and ideology’ out of debateHealth secretary Wes Streeting has called on the Conservatives to maintain the “cross party...
Read MoreAwaab’s law imposes new duties on those who own social housing. Millions who rent privately, or are in temporary accommodation, remain unprotectedWhen two-year-old Awaab Ishak tragically died in 2020 after prolonged...
Read MoreKherson’s children have missed nearly four years of school, living in isolation or underground to hide from dronesIn an underground shelter in Kherson, probably the most dangerous city in Ukraine, children are chasing each...
Read MoreGovernment issues voluntary guidance calling for less sugar and salt amid concerns over nutritional valueBaby food manufacturers have been given 18 months to improve the quality of their products in England, amid mounting...
Read MoreTwo fathers tell education secretary they will seek judicial review in bid for statutory ban to safeguard childrenTwo fathers plan to take legal action against the government in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in...
Read MoreMPs and parents worry shake-up may abolish vital education, health and care plans that SEN children rely onDowning Street is facing another bruising battle following last week’s humiliating retreat on welfare reforms, as...
Read MoreAmendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concernsThe volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school uniforms...
Read MoreGuardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years sinceThe day before it happened, remembers Archie Bland, was ‘blissful, summer-ish and...
Read MoreExclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send systemHundreds of thousands of children with special needs could lose their legal entitlement to extra support in schools...
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