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How Does Screen Time Really Affect Our Children?

How Does Screen Time Really Affect Our Children?

If there’s one thing many of our little ones’ childhoods are defined by, it’s screen time. Even as recently as our own childhoods, we never had access to smartphones and tablets like our kids do.

We know that screen time comes with some disadvantages, but how is it really affecting our children?

This article will explore the...

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Top tips to optimise sleep

Top tips from Chenot Palace Weggis to optimise sleep Fight off ‘Coronasomni’

Following a whirlwind, turbulent year, an increasing number of people are reporting sleep disturbances as a result of the pandemic, which some doctors have coined ‘Coronasomni,’ causing negative impacts on people’s daily lives. To help combat this issue, Europe’s latest and most advanced medi-spa, Chenot Palace...

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NHS Opens Online Covid-19 Vaccination Bookings For 12-15 Year Olds

Parents will be able to book covid-19 vaccinations online for their 12-15 year old children from the end of Friday 22nd October with appointments available as soon as the following day, the NHS has announced.

People will be able to go online and check the National Booking Service to see if their local site has appointments to vaccinate children and young people, as the NHS covid-19...

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Kid-Friendly Outdoor Activities Proven To Boost Mental Health

  • The top child friendly activity for benefiting mental health is simply going to the park, with 24,000 average monthly searches
  • A scavenger hunt comes in second, with 12,100 monthly searches
  • Experts at Eden’s Gate provide tips on how to enjoy nature

Exercising outdoors, growing your own food and plants and being around animals can have lots of...

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Research shows UK baby loss taboo stops working parents getting the support they need, as MPs call for policy change

  • 1 in 4 UK parents lose a baby, but widespread stigma creates lack of support
  • With politicians debating pregnancy loss policy changes, Tommy’s campaigners say the country still needs a culture shift and more open conversations
  • Half of bereaved parents said nobody at work acknowledged their loss or asked how they were, and only a third felt able to talk about their
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COVID-19 vaccination programme for children and young people starts in schools

This week parents and guardians of young people aged 12 to 15 years old are being contacted to ask for their consent for the COVID-19 vaccination ahead of the jabs beginning to be administered in schools next week.

Alternative arrangements will be made to ensure those not in school are offered the vaccine, including those who are home schooled or in secure services.

The UK’s Chief...

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12 to 15 year olds to be offered the vaccination

Young people, aged 12 to 15, are to be offered the vaccine , it was announced this week.

The NHS is preparing to deliver a schools-based vaccination programme, supported by GPs and community pharmacies, it is reported.

Parental, guardian or carer consent will be sought by vaccination healthcare staff prior to vaccination.

Healthy school-age children aged 12 to 15 will...

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