Helen Yewdall, the Scottish Government’s Maternal and Infant Nutrition Co-ordinator, recently provided CFHS with an update on this key policy’s implementation: Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action was launched by the Scottish Government in January 2011, alongside a raft of policies and frameworks aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of parents, …
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Food for thought
Four Government consultations are vying for your opinions this summer. Front of pack nutrition labeling , the integration of health and social care, the Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill and the Children and Young People Bill would all benefit from the knowledge and experience of Scotland’s community food initiatives. Make sure you are heard.
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National Parenting Strategy
The Scottish Government would welcome the views of early years workers as it develops the National Parenting Strategy. The strategy will be wide ranging, focusing on parents of children of all ages, as well as parents-to-be and is aimed at all parents and carers. The strategy aims to make a practical difference to parents, helping …
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Changes to the National Performance Framework
The Scottish Government has updated the National Performance Framework (NPF). The NPF sets out national outcomes and measures to report on progress towards a successful and prosperous Scotland. The changes have been made to reflect learning and improvements in how progress is measured. Of particular interest to note is a new national outcome related to …
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Mental Health Strategy for Scotland consultation document
The Scottish Government has issued a consultation document on the Mental Health Strategy for Scotland 2011-2015. Responses are invited by 31 January 2012 and we would encourage groups working on food and mental health to make a response. The document outlines 14 high level outcomes across mental health improvement work, mental illness prevention work and …
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Obesity Route Map – Action Plan
In February 2010, the Scottish Government and COSLA launched a long-term obesity strategy entitled Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Scotland: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The ‘Obesity Route Map’ recognised that it is difficult for people to be able to change their behaviour alone, as the environment we live in today means that for …
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Nutritional Guidance for Children and Young People in Residential Care Settings
The Scottish Government yesterday published new nutritional guidance to help improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in residential care settings. It provides nutritional and practical guidance along with information and advice that will assist practitioners to support the children and young people in their care. The guidance is available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/health-promotion-guidance-nutritional-guidance-children-young-people-residential-care-settings/pages/0/ …
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The best possible start
Many of you involved in food and health work and early years will have contributed experience and opinions to the Scottish Government’s development of a maternal and infant nutrition strategy. Following a draft ‘Maternal and Infant Nutrition Framework’ circulated in October 2010, this framework was launched on Tuesday 18 January 2011 in Edinburgh. At the …
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Maternal and infant nutrition in Scotland
Health improvement outcomes in Early Years are a key priority for all of us and strongly supported by the Scottish Government through a range of policies and actions. Over the last two years the Scottish government and a variety of organisations including the community and voluntary sector have been developing a framework to improve maternal …
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The future of the Nursery Milk scheme
The Department of Health has launched a GB-wide public consultation on the future of the Nursery Milk Scheme. The main aim of this consultation is to explore options for modernising and simplifying the operation of the Nursery Milk Scheme to improve efficiency and provide better value for money, while ensuring that all children under five …