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  • PHE welcomes changes to the UK vaccination programme

    DH, PHE and NHS England announce vaccination programmes to protect against flu, shingles and rotavirus, and updates to the meningitis C vaccination schedule.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • National Child Measurement Programme briefing is launched

    The Local Government Association and PHE have produced a guide for local councillors about the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).

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  • Key roles of nurses and midwives: PHE June conference

    This conference brings together nurses and midwives to discuss the professions' contributions to improving health.

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  • New child health app for health professionals

    Public health professionals can now access local authority child health profiles from their smartphone or tablet.

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  • School nurses to play a bigger role in improving children’s health

    School nurses will play a bigger and more important role in improving the health of children and young people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • North East measles outbreak update

    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.

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  • Family Nurse Partnership programme to be extended

    The extension of the Family Nurse Partnership will give more young and disadvantaged mothers one to one support to bring up their babies.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Vaccine update: issue 200 March 2013

    March 2013 newsletter for immunisation practitioners, with the latest developments in vaccines, and vaccination policies and procedures.

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  • New national pledge to improve children’s health and reduce child deaths

    A new pledge about making improvements to the health of children and young people has been launched today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NHS information service for parents reaches 100,000 signups

    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.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Whooping cough webchat on Netmums

    Parents are being invited to send in their questions about whooping cough ahead of a webchat scheduled for Tuesday 5 February.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum final event

    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  their…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bumpbook – are mums sharing the right information?

    The Department of Health distributes two million free booklets to support mums and give them the right information during pregnancy

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Useful publications for health visitors

    Resources and tools are aimed at health visitors and people who work with them.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £25 million to improve maternity wards and more help for mums and babies

    More help for mums and families has been announced by Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Babies to be protected against common diarrhoea bug

    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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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tips to tackle the back to school blues

    Text the school nurse for help and advice

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flu vaccination programme extended to all children

    Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will today accept recommendations from UK immunisation experts to extend the flu vaccination programme to all children.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New parents get more support from health visitors in the home and community

    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…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health visitors early implementer sites rolled out

    New parents around the country are to receive more support from health visitors in the home and community.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government