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‘Game-changer’ for deaf children as clear face masks approved for NHS use

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Charities supporting deaf children have praised the approval of two types of transparent face masks for use in NHS health settings across the UK.

Childhood obesity increasing in under-fives after lockdown

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| CYP Now

Rates of obesity in four- and five-year-olds “have soared” over the last year, research has found.

NHS launches specialist clinics amid spike in childhood obesity

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

| CYP Now

Specialist clinics for severely obese children as young as two are being launched by the NHS amid an "alarming" rise in children being diagnosed with obesity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Election 2019: Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges heavy investment in youth services and early years

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest £500m in youth services and provide a public health approach to tackle youth violence.

Election 2019: Health visitors welcome Labour pledge to boost workforce

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Health visitors have welcomed a Labour Party pledge to increase the number of health visitors and school nurses by 4,800.

Government pledges free sanitary products for all primary schools

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

| CYP Now

Free sanitary products will be offered to all primary schools from early next year in a bid to combat "period poverty", the government has announced.

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

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Monday, February 25, 2019

| CYP Now

The dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM) will be taught to all secondary school pupils, the Department for Education has announced.

Sugar education to be part of core school subjects

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Monday, January 14, 2019

| CYP Now

Children are set to study sugar consumption in English and maths lessons, as part of the government's latest strategy to tackle childhood obesity.

Virgin poised to lose £23.8m child health contract

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Virgin Care is set to lose a £23.8m a year contract to run children's health services in the south west of England.

Government promises action to combat negative body image

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Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has pledged action to improve access to help and information for young people and professionals on combating negative body image.

Sugar tax to provide £26m for school breakfast club expansion

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Monday, March 19, 2018

| CYP Now

The government is to spend up to £26m of the proceeds from a new tax on sugary drinks to open more breakfast clubs in disadvantaged areas.

Free school meals 'generate £90m a year of benefits'

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| CYP Now

The financial benefits of free school meals outweigh the cost by nearly £90m a year, a study has found.

Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| CYP Now

Public sector cuts and "piecemeal" government policies are harming the health of children in England, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Childhood obesity campaign targets 'unhealthy snacking'

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Public Health England (PHE) has launched a campaign to tackle childhood obesity by encouraging parents to clamp down on their children's consumption of unhealthy snacks.

DfE to revamp 'outdated' sex education guidance

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is to revise its "outdated" statutory guidance on relationships and sex education, which hasn't been updated for more than 17 years.

Free school meals 'to be provided to 50,000 more children'

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Friday, November 17, 2017

| CYP Now

Around 50,000 more children could be entitled to free school meals from next year as part of a review of eligibility arrangements for additional support, the government has said.

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Example menus and recipes have been published by government as part of efforts to encourage early years settings to provide healthy meals for young children.

Child obesity: Government 'not doing enough' to tackle problem

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is not making enough progress to tackle child obesity a year after it published its childhood obesity strategy, it has been claimed.

'Tsunami of cuts' puts health visitor jobs at risk, warns union

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

| CYP Now

Around 20 children's community nurse posts, including health visitors, are at risk as part of a council's plan to cut its public health spending by more than £600,000 a year, a union has warned.

More than 400,000 children 'do not have their own bed'

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Friday, August 4, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 400,000 disadvantaged children do not have their own bed and are forced to sleep on the floor or share with parents or siblings, according to analysis of support offered to families living in poverty over the last decade.

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‘Game-changer’ for deaf children as clear face masks approved for NHS use

Childhood obesity increasing in under-fives after lockdown

NHS launches specialist clinics amid spike in childhood obesity

Election 2019: Liberal Democrats manifesto pledges heavy investment in youth services and early years

Election 2019: Health visitors welcome Labour pledge to boost workforce

Government pledges free sanitary products for all primary schools

Compulsory FGM education to be introduced

Sugar education to be part of core school subjects

Virgin poised to lose £23.8m child health contract

Government promises action to combat negative body image

Sugar tax to provide £26m for school breakfast club expansion

Free school meals 'generate £90m a year of benefits'

Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health

Childhood obesity campaign targets 'unhealthy snacking'

DfE to revamp 'outdated' sex education guidance

Free school meals 'to be provided to 50,000 more children'

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

Child obesity: Government 'not doing enough' to tackle problem

'Tsunami of cuts' puts health visitor jobs at risk, warns union

More than 400,000 children 'do not have their own bed'

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