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A leaflet to remind you to get your child immunised at one year of age.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.
Description of scarlet fever, potential complications of the disease and advice on who's most at risk and how to prevent the spread.
Explains the HPV, Td/IPV and MenACWY vaccinations given to young people in school years 7 to 13.
Guidance on running the National Child Measurement Programme, which collects the height and weight of reception and year 6 children across England every year.
A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised toothbrushing programmes in early years settings and schools.
This guidance provides local authority analysts with the technical detail they need to submit aggregate data to the central system.
Outlines the provisions of the Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 which will come into force on 5 January 2026.
Guidance on infant and follow-on formula, the application form for infant and follow-on formula made from protein hydrolysates, and forms to notify the authority.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for disabled children and disabled young people.
Guidance to support secondary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.
A leaflet for parents which describes the immunisations offered to premature babies.
This factsheet explains how the ASQ-3 tool will be used to collect data to monitor child development across England.
Information for health professionals on the rotavirus vaccination programme.
Sets out the government's quality standards for children, young people and maternity standards.
Leaflet for parents explaining what happens when vaccines have inadvertently been stored outside of the recommended storage temperature range.
Evidence and guidance on childhood obesity, to help families and communities intervene and help change eating and activity habits.
Information to help healthcare professionals speak with people, following suspected or confirmed diagnosis of bilateral renal agenesis.
These guidelines on the prevention of secondary cases have been developed following a review of the epidemiology of invasive Hib disease.
Information about the personal data we collect for children taking part in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
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