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NEW! The first WHO report on its work on adolescent health

“We are pleased to share with you the first ever WHO report on its work on adolescent health” Working for a brighter, healthier future How WHO improves health and promotes…

Pre COVID you tube video YP immunisations

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Resilience-based clinical supervision

Keeping children safe in education: proposed revisions 2022

Summary – GOV.UK From: Department for Education Published 11 January 2022 We are seeking views on proposed changes to the statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education 2021 with a…

The impact of lockdown and school closures

Published on 07 October 2021 Author: Caroline Oliver, Carol Vincent and Georgia Pavlopoulou Caroline Oliver, Carol Vincent and Georgia Pavlopoulou from UCL’s Institute of Education, discuss research exploring parent and autistic…

SAPHNA in Partnership with hieda: Upcoming webinars!

Hieda & SAPHNA webinar: Clinical supervision – raising the standards 28 February @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Find out more and book here Hieda & SAPHNA webinar: Medical indemnity 11 March…

Nuffield Foundation and UCL Policy Briefing

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PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY January 2022 Update

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7th Adam Bojelian Memorial Talk

‘Authority, empathy & humility: authoritative practice in child health & welfare’ by Dr Peter Sidebotham

Mentally Healthy Schools healthy habits toolkit

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Eating Disorder Masterclass! Not all eating disorders are visible; tackling the hidden epidemic of eating disorders

Join us for this fantastic webinar…….. Not all eating disorders are visible; tackling the hidden epidemic of eating disorders Presenter: Hope Virgo Expert by experience Multi-award winning mental health campaigner …

NHSE safeguarding rapid reads

WHO How to plan and conduct telehealth consultations with children and adolescents and their families

The guidance is designed to be used by a wide range of health-care providers such as doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and community health workers who have been formally…

Child trafficking report

Child trafficking report

Contextual safeguarding review kit

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What do you need to know about the new variants of COVID-19?

COVID-19 appears to generally cause mild illness in children. This includes the Omicron variant that we’ve started seeing since December 2021. Even though it transmits more easily (in children and…

Talking to your child about online sexual harassment: A guide for parents

Talking to your child about online sexual harassment: A guide for parents

Recordings and links from Looked after Children and Care Leavers week: 6th – 10th December 2021

School violence: where are the interventions?

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NIHR: Childhood obesity policy critique

Research briefing December 2021 Childhood obesity policy critique

Contextual safeguarding podcast

The Contextual Safeguarding team is excited to share our latest podcast series produced as part of the Scale Up Project. Featuring young people from across the London and National Scale…

VOICE OF CHILD GUIDANCE FOR HEALTH (0-19 SERVICES) MAC tool – neglect

FutureNHS Collaboration Platform Transforming how health and social care work together Catherine McArevey has replied to a discussion: I have developed the MAC tool for neglect which will be used…

A tool to support providers in assessing adolescents’ capacity for autonomous decision-making in health-care settings

Assessing and supportingadolescents’ capacity forautonomous decision-makingin health-care settings A tool for health–care providers Web Annex. Algorithm forhealth-care providers

RRG Programme – 6 month update

Children’s Alliance – Physical Health in Young People: December 2021 report

Children’s Alliance second of four Reports in regard to the health and wellbeing of our Children – PHYSICAL HEALTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Recent update on the Seeability programme

NHS England’s Special School Eye Care Service Recent update on the Seeability programme

NCEPOD Transition study – young person and parent carer online survey – Contacts

NCEPOD are undertaking a study to look at the process of transition from child to adult health services. As part of this study, we are collecting the views of young…

Children facing COVID vaccination ‘postcode lottery’ data shows

CHAMPIONS Project – follow up

CHAMPIONS is a national research project which is working across England to find ways to improve the post-COVID support for children under 5 living in temporary accommodation while experiencing homelessness….

Free webinar Young Victims of Crime and Mental Health

The Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC)  Young people are disproportionately victimised and increasingly have a mental health need, yet those working in these separate fields do not often…

Digital Technological Approaches to Delivering Public Health Services to Children, Young People and Families

Dear Colleagues, PLEASE ensure you participate in this critical research re the provision of our services through digital technologies . We would ask that you encourage appropriate colleagues to do…

Looked after children and Care Leaver guidance material for GP’s 

Looked After Children’s Primary Care Powtoon view LAC video here Care leavers Primary Care Powtoon view care leavers video here

SEND – Childnet International

Our friends at Childnet have developed some excellent resources for our SEND children and families to help them stay internet safe This film is one of four, designed to support…

A children rights based approach to delivery of higher education and children’ services

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SAPHNA Winter Newsletter 2021

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to present you our Winter newsletter. It contains some very exciting news, opportunities, training, resources and, despite continuing and relentless pressures, a number of awards…

Long COVID in children and young people

SAPHNA are delighted to have worked in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council to produce this much needed guidance on supporting children with Long Covid. Please do share widely and with…

Clarissa – Public Film Launch and Resources Pack

Clarissa is a film created to improve the health of people affected by homelessness, through better understanding of their experiences CONTENT WARNING: Clarissa explores themes relating to childhood abuse, drug…

PPI Digital Project – Online survey

Are you a child or young person aged 10 years to 25 years old?  Or do you know a child or young person who is 10-25 years old? We are looking…

NHSE to set up Complications for excess weight clinics

Stakeholder Briefing Complications from Excess Weight (CEW) Clinics    Summary   The NHS England Children and Young People Transformation team are rolling out a pilot of 15 new specialist clinics to provide…

The first UKHSA edition of Vaccine update is now available.

Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners. Vaccine update: issue 324, November 2021 – This flu special edition features: tripartite annual flu letter update to influenza…

Councils can arrange Covid vaccines for children in care despite parent opposition, High Court rules – Community Care

Court will usually not need to approve jabs for looked-after children even if parents object, says judge

Information for the public | COVID-19 rapid guideline

Information for the public | COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 | Guidance | NICE

Long Covid Kids

A very ordinary group of parents & our brave children are going to tell you a story in our own way

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Research: Implications for practitioners

A short video explaining what ACEs are, how they are measured, and the pros and cons of routine screening. Featuring Professors Andrea Danese and Helen Minnis and UKTC Co-Director David…

Published research: Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health

Relationships between Child Development at School Entry and Adolescent Health – A Participatory Systematic Review

All Our Health launches new interactive townscape on child oral health

All Our Health launches new interactive townscape on child oral health Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked in partnership with the Office for Health Improvement and…

Report of the Adrenaline Auto-injector Expert Working Group of the Commission on Human Medicines

Dear colleagues Please see a letter from Dr June Raine, Chief Executive of MHRA, regarding the report of the Adrenaline Auto-injector Expert Working Group (AAI EWG) of the Commission on…

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Research recruitment

Alex is a registered adult nurse who is currently undertaking a PhD at Hull York Medical School which aims to improve bereavement support for children and families when a parent has…

Reverse ‘devastating’ public health cuts, school nurses tell Government

The Government must reverse ‘devastating’ cuts to the public health grant and restore the number of school nurses to where they stood a decade ago, leading school nurses have warned.

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West Yorkshire and Harrogate Partnership: Young Carers

Young Carers Cookbook . Engagement with West Yorkshire and Harrogate (WY&H) young carers identified there was a need to develop resources to support their health and well-being.

IMAGINING the School Nursing Service

Dr Elaine Allan, Lead School Nurse and Robert Gordon University Lecturer shares her blog encouraging the adoption of a rights-based approach in children’s services.

CNWL’s 4th Annual Domestic Abuse Conference – Programme

You are invited to join our 4th annual domestic abuse conference at CNWL NHS Trust on Wednesday 24th November. The virtual event will mark the International Day for the Elimination…

New ‘vision’ launched for school nursing services in England

School nursing leaders have unveiled their “vision” for how services in England should be designed and delivered, with a focus on strengthening the workforce and its leadership Read the full…

Journal of Health Visiting – Children with long COVID

The Burdett Trust for Nursing: Announcing a new funding strategy

We are happy to announce a new funding strategy focusing on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases and this refers to those diseases not passed from person to…

PPI Digital Project

Are you a professional who works with children and young people? Are you interested in helping children and young people shape services?   If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions then…