A commission of MPs and children’s campaigners has identified ending child poverty as a core priority for improving early years support and learning in the next decade. The Early Years Commission, which is co-chaired by former children’s minister...
Health visitor cuts put ‘children at risk of harm’
Health professionals have warned that cuts to health visiting and school nursing services in Hampshire risk harming children and could be replicated across England. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share...
Weighing children at school increases eating disorder risk, charities warn.
Children’s health organisations have warned that restarting a scheme to weigh children in schools could increase young people’s risk of developing eating disorders. The government has announced that the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)...
Ministers ‘knowingly underfunding’ childcare sector in England
Ministers have been accused of “shamelessly, knowingly” underfunding the early years sector in England over the past decade, driving childcare costs up and quality down, after a two-year investigation by a body representing the sector. Read the full...
Infant mental health
The Parent-Infant Foundation has published findings from an online survey of 283 practitioners working in NHS infant, children and/or young people’s mental health services across the UK, looking at the provision of services for children of different...
‘Baby blindspot’ in children’s mental health, new research reveals
Almost a third of children’s mental health practitioners have said they do not understand infant mental health, a new survey has revealed. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
