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Education is what they need to kick the drugs

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

| CYP Now

Teenagers' temptation to experiment with drugs is on the rise. According to the Department of Health, back in 1998, 29 per cent of 15-year-old boys and 1.5 per cent of 11-year-olds were found to have used drugs over the course of the year. Fast-forward to 2005 (the department's latest available figures) and those numbers swell to 34 per cent and six per cent respectively.

Editorial: Child protection inadequacies are still rife

Opinion

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

| CYP Now

The National Children's Bureau's study on safeguarding arrangements between hospitals and children's social services should alarm anyone involved in child protection (news, p4).

Health bill offers little cheer for children

Opinion

Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

It is barely a few months old but already it is worthy of an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.

Services must step up mental health support

Opinion

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

| CYP Now

Ten per cent of children and young people aged five to 16 suffer from mental ill health and are not getting the treatment needed.

Vox Pop: Is the government right to ban 'legal high' mephedrone?

Opinion

Thursday, April 1, 2010

| CYP Now

Home Secretary Alan Johnson is seeking to ban synthetic drug mephedrone, linked in the media to several deaths, by 16 April.

Army of childminders can help bridge the gap

Opinion

Monday, February 20, 2012

| CYP Now

Social mobility is thankfully all the rage these days, and the free childcare entitlement is a crucial policy to help all children get the best start in life regardless of background.

Editorial: Confidentiality is critical to sexual health

Opinion

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

| CYP Now

The General Medical Council (GMC) has for the first time issued guidance to all doctors in England and Wales on working with young people (see news, p11).