Medical tourism through the ages

Teaching empathy can have a positive impact on behaviour and tolerance

Teaching children empathy can have a positive impact on their behaviour, emotional awareness, and tolerance and understanding of other cultures, a study has found (Webb et al, 2024).

Whooping cough: An urgent call for greater immunisation uptake

‘GPs and health practitioners have issued an urgent warning to parents to vaccinate their children, after a huge spike in the number of cases of whooping cough in the UK in recent months.’ .

Digital mental health programmes for children and young people: Parental involvement and supporting implementation

The ‘Supporting a Child with ADHD’ SilverCloud programme has been designed for parents and carers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a neuro-affirming programme...

Allergies: Schools need to be better prepared and equipped

‘[The report] said that there were huge variations in the quality and quantity of training given to teachers, and that parents could never be sure how safe their children were. Appropriate...

Online safety: Protecting young people from online abuse

The Act covers many avenues of child protection, but it is not expected to directly change safeguarding responsibilities for teachers – although those teaching relationships and sex education (RSE)...

Mental health crisis: The children and young people waiting years for CAMHS support

‘Of those whose reasons for referral were known, the most common issues were anxiety, ‘reaching crisis’, neurodevelopmental conditions (excluding autism), depression, and self-harm. However,...

Loot boxes and blurred lines between gaming and gambling

National Gambling Support Network – Free help and support, 24/7. Visit www.begambleaware.org/ngsn.

Measles: National incident declared after sharp rise in cases

‘The UK Health Security Agency declared a national incident in January after a sharp rise in the number of measles cases, coinciding with the lowest uptake of vaccines recorded in more than a decade...