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A national supervised toothbrushing programme should be rolled out in our schools to tackle the crisis of tooth decay affecting millions of children

Children's access to NHS dentists and rates of tooth decay remain very poor despite improvements from national Government interventions, oral health experts say.

Children in school uniform on a climbing frame

Children across the North are facing a health crisis and experts say physical activity must be at the heart of the solution.

Glass entrance to Cheney biomedical accelerator exterior

The Cheney Biomedical Accelerator facility, designed to spark bold, cross-disciplinary discoveries in biomedical and health science, has officially opened at the University of Leeds.

An image of children and adults walking through a field representing carers and service users

A new report published by the Child of the North initiative shows that the two-child benefit cap is pushing 109 families a day into hardship.

A child's legs and hand, holding a teddy bear.

Children in the North of England are waiting up to three years longer than those in the south for an autism diagnosis, new data analysis shows.