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  • 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

  • The failure of child protection and the need for a fresh start

    Education Secretary speech on child protection on 19th November at the Institute of Public Policy Research.

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

  • Edward Timpson speech to the Fostering Network’s annual conference

    Speaking at the Fostering Network’s annual conference, Children’s Minister Edward Timpson calls for a cut in the red tape stopping foster carers getting on with everyday parenting as part of a drive to recruit more carers.

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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

  • Written ministerial statement by Edward Timpson on Voluntary and Community Sector Prospectus

    Children's Minister Edward Timpson said the Department for Education is today publishing a National Prospectus launching our new Grants Programme for 2013-15.

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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

  • Edward Timpson on the catalysation of childhood

    Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children.

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

  • Edward Timpson's statement on Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s Review of Multi-agency Responses to the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review.

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

  • Measures to improve adoption and fostering

    A consultation into how the process for assessing prospective adoptors and foster carers can be speeded up, and how the bureaucracy that currently makes the process more difficult can be removed.

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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

  • Action plan to stop child abuse in the name of faith or belief

    Ritual child abuse and neglect is being hidden, misunderstood and going unreported. The Department for Education and many stakeholders have drawn up an action plan to identify children at risk and protect them.

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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

  • Appointment of the Family Justice Board chair

    Details of the government's plans to strengthen the family justice system.

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

  • Call for views: birth-parent contact and siblings in care

    Details of a proposed change in the law to help place children at the heart of the care and adoption system.

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

  • A major step forward for children's inspections

    Proposals for a multi-agency inspection for the protection of children and a separate inspection for looked after children and care leavers.

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  • Tim Loughton sets challenge at ADCS conference

    The Children's Minister challenges Directors of Children's Services to improve standards of residential care for vulnerable children.

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

  • More babies in care to receive a stable home more swiftly

    The prime minister today announces plans to speed up the transition from fostering to adoption.

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

  • Urgent reforms to protect children in residential care from sexual exploitation

    Details of a push to combat sexual exploitation of children in care.

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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