NICE issue guidance on dealing with violent children
Guidance on how NHS staff should deal with violent behaviour by children has been included in advice from the National Institute for Health Care Excellence (Nice) for the first time.
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Clinical research into children’s illnesses ‘lagging behind’
More clinical research involving children and young people is essential in improving the understanding of childhood disease, health experts have said. Evidence on many areas of children’s illnesses and treatments
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New blood test for Down’s syndrome hailed
A new test for Down’s syndrome has been described as a “major turning point in antenatal screening” that would also be far cheaper than the current NHS screening programme. All
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Around 400,000 children amongst 1M now using foodbanks
The number of people using foodbanks has reached a record one million after an increase in workers on low pay having to seek emergency help for food, new figures have
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Applications open for MSC’s in residential child care and child & youth studies
The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) has announced applications for two MSC’s are now open. Both courses have been developed by CELCIS and the School
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Teachers survey reports children blighted and degraded by poverty
Children are turning up to school sick because their parents cannot afford to take time off to care for them, teachers have claimed. School staff are also still seeing youngsters
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Research: Short break services – costing contracting & commissioning
The aim of the research was to explore the costs of short break services for disabled children and their families. The study also sought to understand the contracting and commissioning
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New film explores isolation, austerity and the politics of parenthood
A new film about the isolation that can be felt by new mothers had its first public screening in Bristol last night. The film was screened at the Silai Centre,
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Inquiry looks at attainment for children with a sensory impairment
How attainment levels for school pupils with a sensory impairment can be improved is to be the focus of a short inquiry announced today by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and
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Poorer children suffering most under government austerity, report
Children have suffered disproportionately from the Government’s austerity measures, a committee of MPs and peers has found. The committee said there was evidence that specific pieces of legislation “run directly
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