First 1000 days of life Contents

Contents

Summary

1 Our inquiry

2 The first 1000 days from conception to age 2

Improving support for children, parents and families in the first 1000 days

3 Local service delivery

Principles for local service delivery

Proportionate universalism

Delivering prevention and early intervention

Delivering community partnership

Delivering on the needs of marginalised populations

Delivering an integrated, multi-agency approach

Delivering evidence-based interventions

Conclusion

The Healthy Child Programme (HCP)

Current delivery of the HCP

Revising and refreshing the HCP

Targeted provision

4 National strategy

Funding

The case for investment

Whitehall

Leadership

Cross-government working

Vision

Workforce

Information sharing

Oversight, support and intervention

5 Giving every child the best start in life: a national strategy for England

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex 1: Mumsnet Forum

Annex 2: Visit to Blackpool’s A Better Start Programme

Background

What the Committee did

What the Committee learnt

Annex 3: Focus groups with local commissioners and charities

National priorities

Local service delivery: universal and targeted approaches

Integration

Improving outcomes and performance

Prevention and early intervention for first 1000 days of life

Formal minutes

Engagement

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament




Published: 26 February 2019