Media response

DHSC have announced that seventy-five areas will receive up to £300 million of investment up to 2025, with new family hubs offering support from conception through to age 19, or up to 25 for children with special education needs and disabilities.

The National Workforce Implementation Plan has been published in response to the additional demands on the NHS workforce since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government has published a long-term strategy to ‘fix’ children’s social care.

The report shows that 20% those who crossed the channel in small boats are children.

The NHS and UK Government have published a new two-year delivery plan today to help recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve patient experience.

Today (26 January) the UK Government finally confirmed that the Health Disparities White Paper will not be going ahead.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.

Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report to the United Nations raises a number of concerns on the health, wellbeing and living standards of children in England and Wales.

The Health Visiting Institute has published the findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom.

This week the Interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee published their report on the use of biological evaluation methods to assist in assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.