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Sector must influence the coalition

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 17, 2010
    • | CYP Now
They say that a week is a long time in politics. Quite. As predicted in these pages for many months, the new Tory Secretary of State Michael Gove has renamed the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) as the Department for Education.

Chance for child health to come of age

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
Last week's health white paper outlined radical reforms to the NHS. So will it improve children's health and partnership working? There are grounds for anxiety and for hope.

Child health: the elephant in the corner?

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 10, 2011
    • | CYP Now
You will know of the three blind men who meet an elephant. One touches the elephant's leg and describes him as being like a tree trunk. A second holds the trunk and argues he is much closer to a hose pipe. And the third, grasping the tail, claims the elephant is like a rope.

Policy into practice: E. coli

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 20, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: The recent outbreak of E. coli at a farm in Surrey has raised attention once again around the importance of safety and hygiene for children and young people.

Election result prolongs uncertainty

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 10, 2010
    • | CYP Now
At the time of writing -- on the historically uncertain afternoon of Friday 7 May -- the Conservatives were about to enter into negotiations with the Liberal Democrats about helping them to form a government.

Every Child Matters faces biggest test

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 19, 2010
    • | CYP Now
The Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) pledged, in its annual report last week, to assess and build on the progress of Every Child Matters (ECM) for the next five years, as a policy priority for the coming 12 months. It is a good priority to hold, particularly given the uncertainty ahead.

Policy into practice - Body image

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: Teenagers these days face great pressure to look "sexy" and have the right image. This is driven partly by a celebrity culture in which airbrushing and plastic surgery have become increasingly the norm.

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