‘Aane Bantu Aane’, a children’s theatre camp to make Dasara holidays meaningful, will be held here from September 20 to October 4. The Indian Institute of Educational Theatre (IIET) will be organising the camp, which is open for children above the age of seven. It will be held daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. … Read more
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor and James Melley and Judith Burns BBC The cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many children still do not receive appropriate care, says a report from the independent public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) says councils on average spent … Read more
Marie-Louise Connolly Health correspondent, BBC News NI BBC Hannah Farrell was a nurse at the Children’s Cancer Unit until she resigned in 2019 A whistleblower who resigned from the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children over staff shortages has said the system left her broken, disillusioned and burnt out. Hannah Farrell, who left the Children’s … Read more
Katie McEvinney BBC Disclosure BBC The nicotine pouches are being sold in packaging that looks like children’s sweets Extra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found. A Disclosure reporter, filming undercover, … Read more
Matthew Hill West of England health correspondent BBC One of the walls of the unit was damaged during an incident earlier in the year Nurses have been assaulted and “punched in the face” amid violent behavioural problems at a hospital’s children’s unit, staff have told the BBC. Since April, nurses at the Great Western Hospital … Read more
New Delhi: IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) has announced a strategic agreement with Children’s Minnesota to improve operational efficiency, streamline service delivery and enhance patient care through Artificial Intelligence (AI). Children’s Minnesota is a non-profit and counted among the largest pediatric health systems in the US. The value of the contract was not disclosed. … Read more
Shannen Headley BBC News, West Midlands Google A CQC report said a child told inspectors staff “sometimes bent their wrist” Staff in a children’s hospital were caught on CCTV footage abusing patients by dragging them, according to a health watchdog’s report. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors found three cases where children were physically abused by … Read more
BBC Jannine described her son’s ADHD as “debilitating” Nearly 400,000 private prescriptions for ADHD medication were issued last year as patients sought to bypass lengthy NHS waiting lists, with people spending millions of pounds on treatment. Figures obtained by the BBC show the number of prescriptions for drugs rose from 28,439 in 2018-19 to 397,552 … Read more
Hospitals need to review any child treated by bone surgeon Yaser Jabbar, a solicitor representing affected families has told the BBC. The lower limb reconstruction surgeon worked at private hospital The Portland, as well as seeing NHS patients at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in London. A damning … Read more
“We know that nobody can spot the signs of a child getting sicker better than their parents, which is why we have ensured that the concerns of families and carers are right at the heart of this new system, with immediate escalation in a child’s care if they raise concerns and plans to incorporate the … Read more