Wellbeing

• UK youth ‘let down’ on long-term health issues

  Youth in the UK are being ‘let down’ when it comes to treating long-term illnesses such as asthma, according to an independent health think tank.

  

• Manchester’s infant mortality rate rises 40%

  The infant mortality rate in Manchester has increased by around 40% over the last decade, according to a report by the city council.

  

• Hearing the voices of children in care

  Dr Claire Baker explores what children and young people living in care actually feel about their lives and care experience.

  

• Children’s happiness ‘declining’, charity finds

  The well-being of children is as low as it was 20 years ago, according to an alarming new report from a children’s charity.

  

• Getting physical

  Andy Howell explains how active healthier lifestyles are being driven by urban renewal in Slough.

  

• Can local government lead the world?

  Liz Zeidler explains why a new system has been launched to measure 'true' progress and prosperity.

  

• Most children in care believe it has improved their lives, survey reveals

  Children in care are more likely to feel safe than those in the general population, according to a new study.

  

• Council approves plan for new children and family hubs

  Medway Council in Kent has rubber stamped plans to shut six children's centres in a bid to remodel the service and save an estimated £1.6m.

  

• New ‘wellbeing indicators’ to help councils understand their residents published

  Councils will now be able to tailor their services to residents’ needs by drawing on a wide-ranging set of data concerning ‘wellbeing’.

  

• 1957 ‘happiest’ year of the twentieth century, study reveals

  The Victorian’s were ‘happier’ than we are today and 1957 was the ‘happiest’ year of the twentieth century, new research into the relationship between happiness and public policy reveals.