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How to speak to your children about Organ Donation

• 80% of adults in England say they would consider becoming a donor, but fewer than 42.5% have registered a decision, whatever it is, on the organ donation register
• 4% of organ donors in 20/21 were children aged 0-17
• More organ donations from children and young people are needed to save the lives of children, babies
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Protect yourself and your baby by having the flu vaccine

Pregnant women in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay are being urged to have the flu vaccine now to protect themselves and their unborn baby from the deadly illness.

The UK Health Security Agency has warned that there could be a significant flu surge this winter coinciding with continuing or rising COVID-19 cases.

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Life After Lockdown: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s mental health

• Almost half (42.8%) of 11–16-year-olds feel that lockdown has made their life worse (NHS)
• In 2020, one in six (16%) children aged 5 to 16 years were identified as having a probable mental disorder (NHS)
• The global estimates of child and adolescent mental illness observed in the
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OH BABY! ALDI GIVES PARENTS THE GIFT OF SLEEP BY LAUNCHING A ONE-TIME ONLY DISCOUNTED SLEEP COURSE SPECIALBUY

· Aldi’s baby and toddler brand, Mamia, partners with Just Chill Baby Sleep to launch discounted, award-winning online infant sleep courses

· Aldi is making sleep courses accessible for all, allowing parents to get that much needed good night’s sleep at a fraction of the...

Ofsted launches consultation for children’s homes and residential holiday schemes

The consultation contains proposals on new inspection arrangements for children’s homes and residential holiday schemes.

From: Ofsted

We have launched a consultation on new arrangements for interim children’s home inspections and inspections of residential holiday schemes for disabled children...

Programmes targeted at pupils starting primary and secondary school, who will take part in focused English and maths catch-up sessions

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP

Pupils in participating schools are set to benefit from more support in maths and English, as part of a £10 million scheme announced on Friday.

Specialist training...

New analysis into the impact of COVID-19 on young people has found that 317,000 children in the South West are not currently getting their recommended 60 minutes of exercise per day. This amounts to an incredible 45 percent of all children in the region.

The pandemic has had a significant impact on this number, with fewer children meeting their recommended 60 minutes of daily...