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Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 28 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 October 2019. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Health: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to fulfill its commitment in its Prevention Green Paper to seek views on how to improve the healthy social and emotional development of babies and young children.

Answer

The Government is taking steps to fulfil its commitment in its Prevention Green Paper to seek views on how to improve the healthy social and emotional development of babies and young children.

Public Health England’s (PHE’s) vision is to improve the health of babies, children and their families and to enable the foundations of good health into adulthood. A large proportion of this work will be done through the modernisation of the Healthy Child Programme, which is PHE’s national offer to our children and families. This can be viewed at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-pregnancy-and-the-first-5-years-of-life

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-5-to-19-years-old


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6261
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Children Health Preventive medicine
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk