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Dear colleague letter from Jessamine Matheson, Head of Nutrition Schemes and Maternal & Infant Feeding - Health Improvement & Protection Directorate, Department of Health, and Alison Baum, CEO of Best Beginnings, reg…
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census 2024 and 2025.
Information explaining the responsibilities to educate children in hospital when illness stops them attending school.
Guidance on the registration of an independent fostering agency branch.
This implementation guidance supports local authorities to include the voices of families as they design, deliver and improve their Start for Life offer.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
A resource for general practitioners (GPs) and schools about the 2013 MMR catch-up vaccination programme.
Criteria and advice for accredited early years initial teacher training providers offering the assessment only route to EYTS.
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns.
Information for under 18s and their parents or guardians on the Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021.
Framework and guidance for joint targeted area inspections of local area services.
Examples of good practice in the transformed Health Visitor Programme, divided into the 6 high impact areas (HIAs).
Tool for public health professionals to estimate coverage of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination in their area.
Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Specifications of children’s social work workforce reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns for 2024 and 2025.
This leaflet answers your questions on the vaccine that protects babies against rotavirus infection.
Training for professionals working with children, young people and families to help them understand, recognise and respond to child poverty.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2019 to 2020.
The revised new burdens assessment for extending Personal Adviser support to 25.
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