Growth and development topics
Intensive care babies have greater risk of mental health problems
Children who spend time in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at birth have a higher risk of mental health issues later, regardless of birthweight.
Childminding initiative: room to breathe
Health visitor Jo-Anne Linnane encourages local parents to take up the two-year-old childcare offer, which provides 570 hours of free childminding a year.
Heavy screen use may make pre-school children less physically active
Two- and three-year-olds who spend more than three hours a day on screens are less physically active at age five than those who watch for less than an hour.
