All Children's services articles – Page 42
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NewsSwine flu virus may have infected a third of children
Experts say the swine flu virus may have hit thousands of children without them even knowing it - with as many as a third of school-age youngsters contracting it in parts of England.
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NewsChildren's mental health provision criticised
Children in Wales are being let down by inadequate mental health services, with some young patients treated on adult wards, a multi-agency report has claimed.
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NewsUnder-fives to receive swine flu jab
The NHS is to begin vaccinating healthy children under the age of five against swine flu, it has been confirmed.
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NewsSwine flu could lead to shortage of children's intensive care beds
The number of children suffering from swine flu and other respiratory infections this winter might cause a shortage of NHS intensive care beds.
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NewsCould a swine flu surge see a slump in targets?
A sustained outbreak of swine flu will put any region’s critical care services under pressure and a pandemic could have national consequences on workforce and resources. Will normal targets survive the winter unscathed? Alison Moore reports
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NewsNorth east London hospital shake-up consultation coming soon
A consultation on the reconfiguration of hospital services in north east London is expected to start before the end of the year.
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Ambitious reconfiguration plan abandoned
One of the most ambitious service reconfiguration programmes in England is likely to end this month, with a board decision expected to keep the status quo.
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HSJ Knowledge
Childhood obesity
In some London boroughs a third of children leaving primary school at the age of 11 are overweight or obese. We know overweight children are much more likely to become obese adults, so this major public health problem must be tackled early. The government’s child obesity public service agreement target ...
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NewsChildhood obesity 'levelling off'
The rapid rise in child obesity may be levelling off, according to figures.
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NewsRecession is no excuse to cut sexual health services, PCTs told
Primary care trusts have been urged not to use the recession as an excuse to cut funding for sexual health services.
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NewsProbe launched into cervical cancer vaccine death
An urgent investigation to determine why a 14-year-old girl died shortly after receiving the cervical cancer vaccine has been launched.
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NewsSwine flu vaccine trial begins
A trial of new swine flu vaccines has seen the first British children receive the jabs.
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Expand measles and hepatitis B vaccination programmes, NICE urges
NHS vaccination programmes against measles and hepatitis B in the under-19 age group must be expanded, says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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NewsPCTs need to 'improve their performance' on youth mental health
Primary care trusts need to “improve their performance” on providing child and adolescent mental health services for children and young people with learning disabilities.
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HSJ KnowledgeGuide to increasing breastfeeding rates with the Baby Friendly initiative
The Baby Friendly accreditation scheme has the power to reduce costs as well as infant and maternal illnesses
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CommentJo Webber on NHS care scandals
At the heart of the care scandal in Mid Staffordshire foundation trust and the Baby Peter case is the need for a strong culture of questioning and scrutiny
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to take a whole family approach to mental health
The latest guidance on treating parents with mental health problems suggests a whole family approach is the surest way to improve care and end stigma
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NewsTrust apologises over death of baby
Nottingham University Hospitals trust has apologised over “shortcomings” after a baby died of a suspected salt overdose after being put on a saline drip.
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HSJ KnowledgeParatroopers mark D-Day in war on childhood obesity
Drafting in paratroopers to show overweight children that exercise is fun is just one novel initiative that has had results.
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NewsMeasles outbreak sparks vaccination appeal
The worst outbreak of measles in the North East for 20 years has prompted urgent appeals to parents to have their children vaccinated as soon as possible.