13+ hour, 1+ min ago  (226+ words) Nighttime curfews on social media apps for 16 and 17 year olds are to be enforced by the Government. The Government plans, which follow the announcement of a social media ban for under 16s, also include a crackdown on addictive features. Technology secretary…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (266+ words) Wearable devices will automatically flag whether people are at risk of sepsis under an NHS trial. The trial is part of today's Modern Service Framework for sepsis, one of several new strategies the NHS is publishing to improve patient outcomes…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (217+ words) Progress on the goal of lifting 550,000 children out of poverty is to be tracked by the Government. A new report sets the 2024/25 baseline position – the starting point for child poverty before the Child Poverty Strategy was published in December 2025 – and…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (337+ words) Councils across England are being put on notice by education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is writing to every local authority setting out expectations for tracking vulnerable teenagers more closely. The move follows new figures showing 32,100 so-called ‘Phantom NEETs' – young people…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (309+ words) MPs have called for a social media for children alongside urgent action to curb deliberately designed addictive features. Chair of the Education Committee, Helen Hayes, said: ‘Ministers must take action before it is too late. In our submission to the…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (270+ words) Tom Prendergast, senior data analyst at The Health Foundation, explains how linking property-level housing and individual-level health data can help address health inequalities. For too many people in the UK home is not a place of security and comfort but…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (327+ words) Over 1,000 cases spanning a decade are to be covered in the maternity review of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, chaired by Donna Ockenden. The review will cover cases of stillbirth, neonatal death, maternal death, neonatal harm caused by severe…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (252+ words) Donna Ockenden will publish her review on maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust on Wednesday 24 June. The report, which is looking into around 2,500 individual cases, was originally planned for September 2025 but was postponed after up to 300 more cases…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (355+ words) New clinical standards have been set by the NHS to reduce avoidable deaths and prevent future tragedies. They cover five areas of clinical care associated with the leading causes of maternal deaths, as identified by MBRRACE-UK reports. Kate Brintworth, chief…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (530+ words) MPs’ calls for a health visitor recruitment target and a new vaccinations strategy have been ruled out by the Government. The Health and Social Care Committee's First 1,000 Days report called for the 95% target coverage of children's vaccinations to be reinstated…...