Since April 2017, Lucozade* energy has reduced the sugar content in all of their flavoured drinks by more than 50% after campaigners pressured the soft drinks industry to make drinks healthier in order to tackle obesity. This has led to revised guidelines for the...
Anaphylaxis in Schools – Advice From Acorn Health and Safety From 1st October 2017, the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 will now allow schools in the UK to keep spare adrenaline auto injectors (AAI’s) for emergency use. So What Does This Mean for...
Since 2004 Acorn Health & Safety has been running a free, two-hour, infant and child resuscitation training session, held on a number of evenings throughout the year. These sessions are a way for us to give something back to the community whilst equipping those...
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5 years old and was revised on 3 March 2017 and came into force on 3 April 2017. All schools and Ofsted-registered early years providers must follow...
Just one of the ways we try and #HelpGBWorkWell is through our regular Free Infant and Child Resuscitation Courses, with the latest one taking place on Tuesday 17th May. In research that was commissioned by a leading first aid charity it was found that nearly...