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Open The global shortage of school nurses
The global shortage of school nurses
Author: Sage Journals -
Open Bullying and Victimisation and the link with Adverse Childhood Experiences – recording
Bullying and Victimisation and the link with Adverse Childhood Experiences – recording
Author: ACAMH -
Open Supporting children who have additional needs and disabilities (SEND/ASN/ALN)
Supporting children who have additional needs and disabilities (SEND/ASN/ALN)
Author: NSPCC Learning -
Open Challenges young people are facing around sexuality and gender identity
Challenges young people are facing around sexuality and gender identity
Author: NSPCC Learning -
Open Lessons learnt (so far) from establishing models of integrated clinical care for children and young people
Lessons learnt (so far) from establishing models of integrated clinical care for children and young people
Author: Connecting Care for Children -
Open Researching Sensitive Topics With Children and Young People: Ethical Practice and Blurry Boundaries
Researching Sensitive Topics With Children and Young People: Ethical Practice and Blurry Boundaries
Author: Sage Journals -
Open The Need for a School Nursing Service in Italy: Time to act
The Need for a School Nursing Service in Italy: Time to act
Author: Sage Journals -
Open Supporting children, young people and families with eczema
Supporting children, young people and families with eczema
Author: Journal of Prescribing Practice - Open School nurse shortage leaves ‘a third’ of teaching assistants look for other jobs
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Open How schools are forced to fill the public services void
How schools are forced to fill the public services void
Author: Schools Week -
Open Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow
Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow
Author: The Guardian – Annie O’Neill -
Open This article is more than 1 month old ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role
This article is more than 1 month old ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role
Author: The Guardian – Anne O’Neill -
Open Adolescent vaping; a sweet profit!
Adolescent vaping; a sweet profit!
Author: The Lancet – Child & Adolescent Health - Open Teens on screens: Life online for children and young adults revealed
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Open Class report: the state of school nursing
Class report: the state of school nursing
Author: RCN - Open British Journal of Child Health – Dec 2022 edition
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Open Burgers and coats: county lines gangs exploit hardship to recruit UK kids
Burgers and coats: county lines gangs exploit hardship to recruit UK kids
Author: The Guardian - Open Children and young people’s wellbeing and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Open Virtual school nurses can play a pivotal role in schools
Virtual school nurses can play a pivotal role in schools
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Open Protecting children from harms of vaping
Protecting children from harms of vaping
Author: BMJ - Open Food insecurity, poor dietary intake and a lack of free meal uptake amongst 16–17-year-old college students in the northeast of England, UK
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Open Addressing the health challenge of long COVID
Addressing the health challenge of long COVID
Author: BMA - Open New improving retention guide | NHS Employers
- Open Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2022: summary of changes
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Open Skill-mix change and outcomes in primary care: Longitudinal analysis of general practices in England 2015–2019
Skill-mix change and outcomes in primary care: Longitudinal analysis of general practices in England 2015–2019
Author: Science Direct -
Open New guide outlines steps to tackle woefully inadequate educational provision for children in custody
New guide outlines steps to tackle woefully inadequate educational provision for children in custody
Author: The Howard League -
Open Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
Author: UK Parliament -
Open Behaviour in Schools Advice for headteachers and school staff
Behaviour in Schools Advice for headteachers and school staff
Author: Dept. of Ed - Open Respecting me, you, us: building healthy relationships and creating positive cultures
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Open Everybody’s affected Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners
Everybody’s affected Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners
Author: Welsh Parliament Children, Young People and Education Committee - Open Young people’s views on digital ways of accessing primary care
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Open Exploring the potential of a school‑based online health and wellbeing screening tool: professional stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences
Exploring the potential of a school‑based online health and wellbeing screening tool: professional stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences
Author: BMC Public Health -
Open School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study
School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study
Author: National Library of Medicine -
Open Child Protection in England – National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson
Child Protection in England – National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson
Author: GOV.UK -
Open The impact of five years of the two-child limit policy
The impact of five years of the two-child limit policy
Author: Child Poverty Action Group, the Church of England, Women’s Aid, Turn2Us and the Refugee Council, All kids count: the impact of the two-child limit after two years, 2019 -
Open Gender Dysphoria
Gender Dysphoria
Author: Stephanie Davies-Arai invited speaker - Open A Rapid Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Consequences of Non-Inclusive Sex Education in UK Schools on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People
- Open School nurses to equip pupils with wellbeing ‘toolbox’ over summer break
- Open The health impacts of Sure Start – Institute For Fiscal Studies – IFS
- Open LGBTQ+ young people; Just Like Us
- Open Co-producing a social determinants of health questionnaire for an urban population in community child health
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Open Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Author: UK Parliament
Books
- Open Pocket book of primary health care for children and adolescents: guidelines for health promotion, disease prevention and management from the newborn period to adolescence (2022)
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Open Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid
Author: Maudsley Learn - Open Last summer in Soho
- Open Stand Tall Little Girl
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Open Beam Project
Beam Project
Author: Siobhan Pyburn
Britsh Journal of School Nursing – SAPHNA pages
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Open School nursing services and continuity of care
School nursing services and continuity of care
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Open The impact of school nurse interventions: behaviour change and mental health
The impact of school nurse interventions: behaviour change and mental health
Author: Gillian Turner, Sean Mackay Publish date: 24/12/2015
Child & young people’s health
- Open Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children – GOV.UK
- Open All our health
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Open The state of children’s mental health services 2020/21
The state of children’s mental health services 2020/21
Author: Children’s Commissioner - Open Key messages from research on child sexual abuse perpetrated by adults
- Open Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
- Open Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
- Open Looked After Children (LAC) – guidance
- Open Lindsay Graham: Eradicating food poverty—it is our duty to care and to advocate
- Open Looked After Children: Roles and Competencies of Healthcare Staff | Royal College of Nursing
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Open NICE guideline on Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management
NICE guideline on Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management
Author: NICE -
Open Peer-on-peer sexual abuse
Peer-on-peer sexual abuse
Author: NSPCC -
Open Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow up to the 2017 survey
Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow up to the 2017 survey
Author: Lifestyles Team, NHS Digital -
Open RSHE implementation guidance ‘Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum’ and teacher training materials
RSHE implementation guidance ‘Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum’ and teacher training materials
Author: Gov.uk -
Open Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education
Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education
Author: Gov.uk - Open Child oral health update (3 years)
- Open Child oral health update (3-6 years)
- Open Child oral health update (7+ years)
- Open RCPCH State of Child Health 2020
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Open Best start in life and beyond: Improving public health outcomes for children, young people and families
Best start in life and beyond: Improving public health outcomes for children, young people and families
Author: Public Health England Publish date: 01/03/2018 -
Open Cost-effective commissioning for continence care
Cost-effective commissioning for continence care
Author: APPG for Continence Care - Open Excellence in continence care
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Open Nursing in schools: how school nurses support pupils with long-term health conditions
Nursing in schools: how school nurses support pupils with long-term health conditions
Author: Amy Edwards, Cathy Street and Katie Rix Publish date: 01/09/2016 -
Open Poverty and child health in the UK: using evidence for action
Poverty and child health in the UK: using evidence for action
Author: Sophie Wickham, Elspeth Anwar, Ben Barr, Catherine Law and David Taylor-Robinson -
Open Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children
Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children
Author: Department for Education Publish date: 01/11/2017 -
Open School aged years high impact area 6: seamless transition and preparation for adulthood. School nurses leading the Healthy Child Programme 5-19
School aged years high impact area 6: seamless transition and preparation for adulthood. School nurses leading the Healthy Child Programme 5-19
Author: Public Health England Publish date: 01/11/2018 -
Open Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
Author: Department for Education Publish date: 01/09/2014 -
Open Tackling child sexual exploitation online
Tackling child sexual exploitation online
Author: Home Office and The Rt Hon Sajid Javid Publish date: 03/09/2018 -
Open What good children and young people’s public health looks like
What good children and young people’s public health looks like
Author: Virginia Pearson (ADPH), Eustace De Sousa (PHE) and Andrew Furber (PHE) on behalf of the WGLL Thematic Group on Children & Young People’s Public Health (0-19)
Childhood obesity
Covid-19 Information and resources
- Open Covid-19 in the UK: policy on children and schools
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Open Long Covid 1: assessing the long-term health effects of Covid-19
Long Covid 1: assessing the long-term health effects of Covid-19
Author: Nursing Times -
Open The Covid-19 vaccination programme: trials, tribulations and successes
The Covid-19 vaccination programme: trials, tribulations and successes
Author: The King’s Fund - Open Barnardo’s warns of lasting impact of pandemic on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Open ‘Generation COVID’? The socio-economic factors impacting young people’s mental health in the pandemic
- Open Disabled childrens partnership; The Longest Lockdown report
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Open Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and recommendations from young people at risk of serious violence
Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and recommendations from young people at risk of serious violence
Author: StreetDoctors, Redthread, IMAC UK - Open DFE Coronavirus: English guidance for schools, colleges and early years
- Open COVID-19 – summaries of key findings on children and young people’s views
- Open COVID recovery PSHE modules
- Open Redeployment and Covid-19
- Open Community health service prioritisation plan
IHV/SAPHNA/RCN/CPHVA Suggested Curriculum for SCPHN training
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Open Recommended national curriculum
Recommended national curriculum
Author: Dr Robert Nettleton, Dr Karen Stansfield, Dr Karen Whittaker, Emeritus Professor Dame Sarah Cowley Publish date: 01/03/2019
Miscellaneous
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Open Was Not Brought Process – for under 18 year olds
Was Not Brought Process – for under 18 year olds
Author: DDCCG - Open An overview of the main messages from key data on young people’s health in the UK
- Open Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2020: health trends and variation in England
- Open Scottish School and Public Health Nursing services
- Open Practice supervision through coaching
PHE and School nursing blogs
- Open REVISED PHE Healthy child programme 0 to 19: health visitor and school nurse commissioning
- Open Giving every child the best start in life
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Open Apprenticeships that support Public Health Careers
Apprenticeships that support Public Health Careers
Author: Gov.uk publication Publish date: 13/01/2020 -
Open Value of vaccines resources
Value of vaccines resources
Author: Gov.uk
Reports
- Download New RSPH report on the Wider Public Health Workforce
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Open Mental health 360: services for children and young people
Mental health 360: services for children and young people
Author: The Kings Fund -
Open Supporting unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and are at risk of going missing: Good practice guidance
Supporting unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and are at risk of going missing: Good practice guidance
Author: Missing People/The Children’s Society - Open Invasive cervical cancer incidence following bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a population-based observational study of age at immunization, dose, and deprivation
- Open Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
- Open Carbohydrate intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
- Open Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children: WHO guideline
- Open Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
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Open Improving the mental health of babies, children and young people: a framework of modifiable factors
Improving the mental health of babies, children and young people: a framework of modifiable factors
Author: GOV.UK -
Open Children, Violence and Vulnerability
Children, Violence and Vulnerability
Author: Youth Endowment Fund -
Open Briefing on school attendance
Briefing on school attendance
Author: Children’s Commissioner - Open NHSmail application process for nationally commissioned/independent organisation providing or supporting publicly funded health and social care in England
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Open HBSC 2022 National Report
HBSC 2022 National Report
Author: HSBC -
Open LGA Exploring children and young people’s mental health
LGA Exploring children and young people’s mental health
Author: Sallyann Sutton -
Open National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2022/23 School Year
National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2022/23 School Year
Author: NHS Digital - Open Updated guidance on adolescent health and well-being
- Download ADPH Manifesto for a Healthier Nation: Delivering Change
- Open Major conditions strategy: case for change and our strategic framework
- Open Working Together to Safeguard Children: changes to statutory guidance
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Open Spare AAI’s in schools; clarifications of scope of use
Spare AAI’s in schools; clarifications of scope of use
Author: Medicines & Healthcare Products RA -
Open Keeping children safe in education
Keeping children safe in education
Author: Gov.uk -
Open Responding to Potential Modern Slavery
Responding to Potential Modern Slavery
Author: VITA -
Open Mental Health Report 2023
Mental Health Report 2023
Author: Youth Forum -
Open Digital Report 2023
Digital Report 2023
Author: Youth Forum -
Open Health Inequalities Report 2023
Health Inequalities Report 2023
Author: Youth Forum -
Open Health Literacy Report 2023
Health Literacy Report 2023
Author: Youth Forum -
Open When mental health prevents school attendance: Guidance summary
When mental health prevents school attendance: Guidance summary
Author: Special Needs Jungle - Open Centre for Social Justice: Lost and not found. School absenteeism
- Open Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges – Filtering and monitoring standards for schools and colleges – Guidance
- Open Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management – medicines for type 2 diabetes (update)
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Open ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- Young people and pornography
‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- Young people and pornography
Author: Children’s Commissioner -
Open Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Author: Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse -
Open Navigating the potential and precarity of friends and peers for UK young people after sexual abuse in adolescence.
Navigating the potential and precarity of friends and peers for UK young people after sexual abuse in adolescence.
Author: Childe Abuse Review -
Open ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- young people and pornography
‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- young people and pornography
Author: Children’s Commissioner -
Open Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Author: Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse -
Open peer support and relationships after sexual abuse experienced in adolescence
peer support and relationships after sexual abuse experienced in adolescence
Author: Child Abuse Review -
Open Caffeine: Effects on sleep and academic performance in college students
Caffeine: Effects on sleep and academic performance in college students
Author: BJCH Publish date: 17/02/2023 -
Open Trends in official data
Trends in official data
Author: CSA -
Open Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world – UNESCO Digital Library
Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world – UNESCO Digital Library
Author: Unesco -
Open Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care
Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care
Author: GOV.UK - Open The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
- Open Children’s commissioner Help at Hand Annual Report and Review
- Open The Future Preparation and Regulation of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
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Open Dismissed for too long The impact of migraine on children & young people
Dismissed for too long The impact of migraine on children & young people
Author: The Migraine Trust -
Open Supporting school nurses to deliver emotional and mental health interventions: a service evaluation
Supporting school nurses to deliver emotional and mental health interventions: a service evaluation
Author: Primary Health Care -
Open CHILDREN’S HAPPINESS CONTINUES TO DECLINE, ANNUAL WELLBEING SURVEY REVEALS
CHILDREN’S HAPPINESS CONTINUES TO DECLINE, ANNUAL WELLBEING SURVEY REVEALS
Author: CYP NOW Publish date: 26/09/2022 -
Open Working Group Reports
Working Group Reports
Author: Children’s Alliance -
Open Explaining variation in spending – public health
Explaining variation in spending – public health
Author: LGA - Open Alone with my phone? Examining beliefs about solitude and technology use in adolescence
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Open Back into school: New insights into school absence
Back into school: New insights into school absence
Author: Children’s Commissioner -
Open Out of school, out of sight?
Out of school, out of sight?
Author: LGO - Open The impact of five years of the two-child limit policy
- Open Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
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Open Keeping children safe in education 2022
Keeping children safe in education 2022
Author: GOV.UK -
Open Boarding schools: national minimum standards
Boarding schools: national minimum standards
Author: GOV.UK - Open The Little Village family poverty report 2022
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Open Corporate report Ofsted strategy 2022–27
Corporate report Ofsted strategy 2022–27
Publish date: 26/04/2022 - Open Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
- Open 1. Family Nurse Partnership Impact report
- Open The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health
- Open Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Cumberland Lodge | Report launch
- Open ChatHealth Innovations report
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Open Home education in England
Home education in England
Author: UK Parliament - Open ‘Ready or not’: care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care – GOV.UK
- Open View of Children’s Digital Play during the COVID-19 Pandemic: insights from the Play Observatory
- Open National autistic society School Report 2021
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Open Young people experiencing harms from alcohol and drugs: literature and evidence review
Young people experiencing harms from alcohol and drugs: literature and evidence review
Author: gov.scot -
Open Evaluation of the mental health assessment pilots for looked after children
Evaluation of the mental health assessment pilots for looked after children
Author: gov.uk dept of education -
Open Elective Home Education Survey Report 2021
Elective Home Education Survey Report 2021
Author: ADCS -
Open Experiences of relationships and sex education (RSE)
Experiences of relationships and sex education (RSE)
Author: GOV.UK - Open Childrens’ Commissioner: The big ask, the big answer!
- Open Children and young people’s services: Spending 2010-11 to 2019-20
- Open Interventions for self-harm: the latest Cochrane evidence on what might help adults, children and young people – Evidently Cochrane
Resources
- Download Gender Identity Briefing
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Open Online safety resources for schools and organisations
Online safety resources for schools and organisations
Author: NSPCC - Open EASE (early adolescent skills for emotions) guide
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Open New toolkit offers fresh approach to children’s social prescribing
New toolkit offers fresh approach to children’s social prescribing
Author: Street Games -
Open Islamophobia and mental health
Islamophobia and mental health
Author: Young Minds -
Download Safeguarding and the school nurses model of practice
Safeguarding and the school nurses model of practice
Author: Rachel Livsey -
Open Revised Prevent Duty Guidance
Revised Prevent Duty Guidance
Author: NHS England -
Open NICE and health inequalities
NICE and health inequalities
Author: NICE -
Open Healthy child programme
Healthy child programme
Author: GOV.UK -
Open You’re Welcome, ; revised criteria:Establishing youth-friendly health and care services
You’re Welcome, ; revised criteria:Establishing youth-friendly health and care services
Author: GOV.UK - Open Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules
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Open United Against Bullying (UAB) Programme
United Against Bullying (UAB) Programme
Author: Anti-Bullying Alliance - Open Knowledge and library services for nurses and midwives
- Open Mental health issues affecting a pupil’s attendance: guidance for schools
- Open Knowledge and Library services for nurses and midwives
- Open Mental health issues affecting a pupil’s attendance: guidance for schools
- Open Protecting children from abuse in schools: roles and responsibilities
- Open Cost of Living Resources – Learning Disability England
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Open Women, Alcohol, Pregnancy & FASD
Women, Alcohol, Pregnancy & FASD
Author: Qnis - Open School Nursing: Looking after the health and wellbeing of school children
- Open Guidance on protecting d/Deaf and disabled children and young people from abuse
- Open RCPCH Tguidance on Child Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
- Open Overview | Epilepsies in children, young people and adults | Guidance | NIC
- Open Health appointments advice for young people | RCPCH
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Open Talking to your child about online harm – resource for Ukrainian parents
Talking to your child about online harm – resource for Ukrainian parents
Author: The Marie Collins Foundation -
Open Child sexual abuse in 2020/21: Trends in official data
Child sexual abuse in 2020/21: Trends in official data
Author: Kairika Karsna - Open COMMISSION ON YOUNG LIVES CALLS FOR AN END TO ‘EXCLUSIONS CULTURE’ AS PART OF A NEW ERA OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TO TACKLE THE SCOURGE OF TEENAGE VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION AND HELP ALL CHILDREN TO SUCCEED AT SCHOOL
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Open Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online – Top Tips
Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online – Top Tips
Author: Safeguarding Board for NI - Open Digital Wellbeing Information, guidance and resources to help support digital wellbeing in children and young people
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Open Start Talking relationships and sex education – a guide for foster care
Start Talking relationships and sex education – a guide for foster care
Author: The fostering Network/Sex Education forum -
Open When children seek help in non-face-to-face settings
When children seek help in non-face-to-face settings
Author: NSPCC - Open Curriculum for Wales: Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Code
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Open Finding the evidence: Child health
Finding the evidence: Child health
Author: UKHSA Knowledge & Library Services - Open Community Nursing Practice Teacher Standards
- Open COVID-19 vaccination: A guide for children and young people
- Open COVID-19 vaccination: A guide for children and young people. PDF leaflet
- Open The experiences of autistic young people and their parents of lockdown and the reopening of schools: Key messages for policy makers, schools and families
- Open JCVI issue advice on COVID vaccinations for children
- Open The scale and nature of Child Sexual Abuse
- Open DfE RSHE: school practice in early adopter schools
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Open RCN Nursing Workforce Standards
RCN Nursing Workforce Standards
Author: RCN -
Open School Nurse Stories
School Nurse Stories
Author: QNI
Sharon writes for Nursing in practice
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Open Reflecting on the impact on school nursing and our schools since children have returned
Reflecting on the impact on school nursing and our schools since children have returned
Author: Sharon White OBE Publish date: 01/10/2020 -
Open School nurses have used technology to great effect during lockdown
School nurses have used technology to great effect during lockdown
Author: Sharon White OBE
