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Healthy lives, brighter futures

Healthy lives, brighter futures is the government's strategy for children and young people's health. It sets out what children and their families can expect from children's health services from a child's birth to the age of nineteen.

Parents will also see new packages of support for all children and young people, including:

  • Stronger and better joined up support during the crucial early years of life, including more health visitors;
  • A strengthened role for Sure Start Children's Centres with each Children's Centre having access to a named health visitor;
  • Expansion of the Family Nurse Partnerships programme;
  • The development and testing of a new antenatal programme and preparation for parenthood package for mothers and fathers; and
  • Free School Meal pilots looking at the health and educational benefits of universal access.

Follow this link to the DoH website for more information, including links to download the full Healthy lives, brighter futures document or its executive summary.