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Coroner warns new health secretary over lack of paediatric mental health beds

A coroner has written to the new health secretary after an inquest concluded that a lack of paediatric mental health beds contributed to the suicide of a teenager.

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Ombudsman finds councils not offering choice for parents of SEND children

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20% of children and young people had a probable mental health disorder this year

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World Children’s Day 2023: a plea to upholding children’s rights

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62% of care children have been moved away from their hometown in the last decade

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Youth Endowment Fund suggests violence is causing children to skip school

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Early years workforce crisis could hinder government plans to expand ‘free childcare’

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Regulator calls for improvements in Sussex NHS trust’s children’s mental health services

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New online tool points parents towards personalised childcare support options

Parents can now visit an updated online eligibility checker to quicker discover what additional childcare support might be available to them.

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Biggest independent children’s care providers make £300m profit – report

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Stunting in infancy linked to differences in cognitive and brain function – study

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Flagship study finds a million children experienced destitution in the UK last year

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UK children to become safer online as world-leading bill becomes law

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Government response published to parliamentary report on childcare sector

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One in five parents in dire financial straits amid ‘cost-of-children crisis’, report shows

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Scottish school strike date revealed following a rejected pay offer