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Maternity care for migrants, Sweden

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

CYP Now has teamed up with the Churchill Fellowship to publish a series of articles summarising key findings from studies undertaken worldwide by Churchill Fellows. This is an abridged version of Migrant access to maternity care: Lessons from Sweden by Ella Johnson.

Champions of children’s health and wellbeing

Best Practice

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Training empowers practitioners to lead change in early years settings with healthier approaches to food and physical activities for children and families.

Tackling the growth in childhood obesity

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

The number of obese children has continued to rise despite policymakers’ efforts, with councils wanting more powers and funds to tackle it.

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

News

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

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

Today’s big challenges need collective efforts

Opinion

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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We start 2022 with a feeling of déjà vu. The emergence of the Omicron variant has derailed the fragile recovery from the pandemic and once again raised the possibility of children’s education being disrupted by school closures and Covid isolation.

Childhood obesity increasing in under-fives after lockdown

News

Thursday, December 9, 2021

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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

News

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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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.

How the government plans to tackle childhood obesity

Features

Thursday, May 13, 2021

| CYP Now

Campaigners are celebrating after the government vowed to ban junk food adverts online and before 9pm on television.

‘Lost Covid generation’ must be prevented

Opinion

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

| CYP Now

With young people back in education and ministers pushing for employees to return to the office, it could be easy to get lulled into a sense that life is returning to normal.

Councils and charities on frontline of virus fight

Opinion

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Derren Hayes editor, Children & Young People Nowderren.hayes@markallengroup.com

Coronavirus: campaigners warn on capacity of children’s charities

Analysis

Monday, March 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Amid the response to the Covid-19 crisis, third sector leaders have called on the government to prioritise economic assistance for children’s charities so they can meet the rising support needs of vulnerable groups.

Health connectors aid families

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

Blackpool is one area recruiting local experts to connect disadvantaged families with support services.

Top priorities for public health

Analysis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Expert outlines need to reverse budget cuts for children’s public health services in most deprived areas.

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

News

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

News

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.

EPODE tackles childhood obesity in France

Best Practice

Monday, June 24, 2019

| CYP Now

Latest data from the National Child Measurement Programme shows that in the 2017/18 academic year, 22.4 per cent of reception age school children in England were classified as overweight or obese, rising to 34.3 per cent for year 6 pupils.