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Clinicians call for local strategies to improve health of excluded groups

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Specific plans for helping children and young people of excluded groups such as the homeless, gypsies and travellers, vulnerable migrants and sex workers, should be developed by local health commissioners, new guidelines state.

Children and Families Act: Charities laud expansion of free school meals

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's charities have welcomed the legislation of a reform that will see all infant-aged primary school children receive free school meals from September.

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

| CYP Now

GPs should become an early warning system for child maltreatment, and play a greater role in the care and support of vulnerable families, a report concludes.

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

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Monday, July 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Inquiries into child deaths must be reformed so frontline practice can be improved to prevent further tragedies, a major study has concluded.

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Civil orders designed to prevent female genital mutilation (FGM) are to be created as part of a range of measures to tackle the issue, the government has announced.

Autism charity wins youth participation grant

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Thursday, July 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Ambitious about Autism has been awarded a £528,000 government grant to encourage youth participation among 16- to 25-year-olds.

NCB calls for children to be a priority as transfer to new NHS system begins

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The National Children's Bureau has urged health professionals to put families' views at the heart of the transition to the new NHS, as plans to strip Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) of their management duties six months ahead of their closure have been unveiled.

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A review into children's mental health services ordered by Prime Minister Theresa May has found that the current system is hard to access, difficult to navigate and isn't safe enough.

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders are urging ministers to drop plans to hold back £150m from the Early Intervention Grant, to avoid spending more on crisis support in the long-term.

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has pledged to reduce child mortality and boost the extent to which young patients are consulted on the care they receive, as part of its response to the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum report.

Parents 'lose trust' in council over SEND failings

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

| CYP Now

Health, education and care chiefs in Lancashire have been strongly criticised by inspectors for a raft of failings in their support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Early Intervention Grant will increase, insists Gove

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Education Secretary has defended claims the government is cutting the Early Intervention Grant, insisting that funding for councils will in fact increase.

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.

Mental health services failing young people with autism and learning disabilities

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Friday, November 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Mental health services must do more to meet the needs of children and young people with autism and learning disabilities, a coalition of mental health trusts has found.

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Professionals across children's services must be trained to support young people at risk of suicide because of negative experiences in early childhood, a report by the children's commissioner for Northern Ireland has claimed.

Inspectors warn of 'ineffective' response to neglect in Haringey

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Multi-agency efforts to support children at risk of neglect in Haringey are too variable, and some practice is ineffective in improving their lives, inspectors have found.

Councils call for mental health counselling for all pupils

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Every secondary school in the country should be handed funding to offer independent mental health counselling to all pupils, local authorities have said.

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to delay legislation to overhaul support for children with special educational needs (SEN), over concerns that the law could be changed before the proposed reforms have been properly tested.

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A new £4m fund to develop new ways to help children with additional needs move from alternative provision into mainstream education or special schools has been announced.

Health visitors call for commitment to ring-fence public health funding

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Friday, April 21, 2017

| CYP Now

Health visitors and school nurses have called on all political parties to commit to ring-fencing public health budgets, ahead of June's general election.

Nice guidance focuses on wellbeing in the early years

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Friday, April 20, 2012

| CYP Now

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) is calling on early years and health professionals to do more to improve the emotional wellbeing of vulnerable children.

24-hour access to paediatric consultants key to improving acute care

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

| CYP Now

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is urging hospitals to make sure that all children have access to a senior doctor 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| CYP Now

Deaf teenagers are being left out of conversations because other young people don't know how to talk to them, the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has warned.

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

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Thursday, May 18, 2017

| CYP Now

A new criminal offence will be introduced for perpetrators of domestic abuse directed at a child, the Conservative Party has said.

Ofsted raises concerns over SEND provision in Middlesbrough

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Friday, June 16, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have ordered council and health chiefs in Middlesbrough to explain how they plan to address "significant weaknesses" in their support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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Clinicians call for local strategies to improve health of excluded groups

Children and Families Act: Charities laud expansion of free school meals

Call to boost GP safeguarding and child support role

Serious case reviews need reform, say academics

Government announces civil orders to tackle FGM

Autism charity wins youth participation grant

NCB calls for children to be a priority as transfer to new NHS system begins

Review highlights shortcomings in children's mental health services

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

Ministers pledge to reduce child deaths in response to health outcomes forum

Parents 'lose trust' in council over SEND failings

Early Intervention Grant will increase, insists Gove

Doctors criticise lack of action to improve child health

Mental health services failing young people with autism and learning disabilities

Commissioner urges action on young people at risk of suicide

Inspectors warn of 'ineffective' response to neglect in Haringey

Councils call for mental health counselling for all pupils

Government urged to put special educational needs reforms on hold

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

Health visitors call for commitment to ring-fence public health funding

Nice guidance focuses on wellbeing in the early years

24-hour access to paediatric consultants key to improving acute care

Deaf teenagers excluded from conversations

Tory manifesto: New domestic violence offence among raft of pledges

Ofsted raises concerns over SEND provision in Middlesbrough

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