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Palliative care guidance will be tough to enforce, warn experts

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

| CYP Now

The government's new children's palliative care guidance will be hard to enforce under powers devolved to local health trusts, sector experts have warned.

Get tough on alcohol advertising, BMA says

News

Friday, February 22, 2008

| CYP Now

The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling on the government to get tough on the promotion of alcohol to young people.

Parental rating improves for disabled children's services

News

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

| CYP Now

Parental satisfaction in services for disabled children has increased in the past year, a government survey has revealed.

Advice on ... Bullying

Features

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

| CYP Now

Bullying can lead to a range of mental health problems including depression, self-harm and eating disorders if it's not nipped in the bud. Richard Piggin explains what actions youth workers can take to support young people they suspect are being victimised.

Analysis: Substance misuse - Families at centre of drugs strategy

Other

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

| CYP Now

The government's new 10-year strategy for combating drug use sets out a series of ambitious changes to services for families and young people. But, as Tristan Donovan finds out, putting these proposals into practice presents a number of challenges.

The 2010 Report: The year ahead for children and young people

Other

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

| CYP Now

The coming year presents exceptional challenges for anyone who works with children, young people or families. Services will feel the pinch of the recession. And the general election will focus minds on what kind of society we want to build for tomorrow's generation, and how. CYP Now's 2010 Report aims to tackle the challenges head-on through a range of experts. They outline the issues and advance a case for what must happen in policy and practice.

Government CAMHS response has 'nothing new', says charity

News

Thursday, January 7, 2010

| CYP Now

The government's response to the review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) lacks long-term vision and offers little new to the sector, according to the charity Young Minds.

Health - Quick guide to ... Deafblindness

Other

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

| CYP Now

Deafblindness refers to a number of conditions involving both visual and hearing impairment - it is also sometimes called dual-sensory impairment.

Nurse home visits key to childhood asthma

News

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

| CYP Now

Home visits by nurses can be key to addressing childhood asthma, a new study has found.

Bid to improve autism schooling

Other

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

| CYP Now

A project to improve education for children with autism and other developmental difficulties was launched last week in Oldham.

Trust to improve education for autistic children

News

Friday, November 30, 2007

| CYP Now

A new organisation has been launched dedicated to improving the educational experience of children with autism in the UK.

New guidance for natural play areas

News

Monday, August 24, 2009

| CYP Now

Play England has published guidance to help local authorities maintain natural play areas.

'Dumb down' fears for health visiting

Other

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

| CYP Now

Health visiting is at risk of being dumbed down by plans to change the way professionals register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), a union has warned.

Councils wary of ContactPoint planning following Tory pledge to scrap database

Other

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

| CYP Now

Councils throughout England and Wales are doing the bare minimum to prepare for the controversial ContactPoint database believing it will be scrapped, it has been claimed.

Michele Hook, senior specialist nurse for young people's sexual health, North Tyneside Primary Care Trust.

Other

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| CYP Now

Michele Hook runs a sexual health outreach service for North Tyneside Primary Care Trust.

Policy into practice - Infant health

Opinion

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

| CYP Now

THE ISSUE: Being a new parent can be tough. Making sense of all the advice and information from relatives, magazines and experts to work out what is best for your baby can be an exhausting challenge.

NMC approves controversial changes

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has pushed ahead with plans to change the way professionals register in a move health union Unite claims will dumb down the role of health visitors and school nurses.

Child depression is focus of research

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry has joined forces with health union Unite to examine depression in school-aged children.

Mental wellbeing of children in primary education: consultation on the draft guidance.

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

| CYP Now

The Department of Health asked the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to produce public health guidance on promoting the mental wellbeing of children in primary schools.