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Public health professionals can now access local authority child health profiles from their smartphone or tablet.
School nurses will play a bigger and more important role in improving the health of children and young people.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Experts at the North East Public Health England (PHE) Centre are continuing to work closely with NHS and local authority colleagues in response to the on-going measles outbreak in the North East, first reported in January.
The extension of the Family Nurse Partnership will give more young and disadvantaged mothers one to one support to bring up their babies.
March 2013 newsletter for immunisation practitioners, with the latest developments in vaccines, and vaccination policies and procedures.
A new pledge about making improvements to the health of children and young people has been launched today.
More than 100,000 people have already signed up to receive online advice about looking after their baby - and a quarter of these are fathers.
Parents are being invited to send in their questions about whooping cough ahead of a webchat scheduled for Tuesday 5 February.
Health minister Dr Dan Poulter and Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies attended a reception this week with members of the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum, to thank them formally for thei…
The Department of Health distributes two million free booklets to support mums and give them the right information during pregnancy
Resources and tools are aimed at health visitors and people who work with them.
More help for mums and families has been announced by Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter.
Thousands of young children will be spared hospital stays and hundreds of thousands of GP visits caused by diarrhoea thanks to a new vaccination programme, announced today by the Department of Health.
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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will today accept recommendations from UK immunisation experts to extend the flu vaccination programme to all children.
Families around the country will receive a more personalised service from their local health visiting teams thanks to expansion of the programme which aims to give new parents personalised support in their homes and communit…
New parents around the country are to receive more support from health visitors in the home and community.
Plans to secure the future of a fair and cost effective way to offer free milk to all nurserychildren was set out today by Public Health Minister Anne Milton as she launched a consultation on how the scheme operates.
Children's Minister Sarah Teather talks about getting parents involved in early education services.
Campaign joins forces with new Hollywood film to support healthier starts for mother and baby Hollywood blockbuster ‘What to Expect When You…
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