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Babies: Health Services

Answer

The Government has a bold ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever and to give every baby the best start in life. Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies plays a crucial role in achieving this. We are committed to delivering the 10-Year Health Plan ambition to match Healthy Babies, formerly Start for Life, to Best Start Family Hubs over the next decade.

Healthy Babies is one element of our broader commitment to supporting babies, children, and families. From April 2026, Best Start Family Hubs will expand to every single local authority, backed by over £500 million to reach up to half a million more children and families. This funding will help all local authorities to integrate a range of statutory and non-statutory health and family services. We will continue to work in partnership with all local authorities, including those not receiving Healthy Babies funding, to support the integration and co-location of health services within Best Start Family Hub networks, laying the foundations for the future expansion of Healthy Babies services.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

108057

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Babies Health services Standards

Link

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