This briefing provides information in support of a potential amendment to prevent the criminalisation of parents and prevent the separation of families, who enter the UK through irregular means or via small boat.
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill offers an opportunity to significantly improve opportunities for children in England, with measures to protect children at risk of abuse, to improve care for those who cannot live with their birth families, and to help children grow up healthier.
Over the last 12 months, the NHS Young Researchers have been working in consultation with the New Hospitals Programme to understand how the design of New Hospitals could be improved so they are better suited to the needs of children and young adults.
This report highlights the challenges and barriers faced by young people in accessing mental health support and makes recommendations on how services can be improved.
The food we eat as children – and the nutrients we receive even before we are born – has a huge impact on our health and wellbeing. Unfortunately, there is growing evidence that here in the UK, far too many children and young people are missing out on the nutritious food they need to thrive.
New research from Barnardo’s ‘Nourishing the Future – making healthy food accessible for every child’ exposes the barriers many children, young people and their parents face in accessing nutritious and healthy food.
