The Provision of a 0-19 Sefton Council Healthy Child Programme (up to 25 with SEND)

The Healthy Child Programme (HCP) is the early intervention and prevention public health programme that lies at the heart of universal services for children, young people, and families at a crucial stage of life. Its universal reach provides an invaluable opportunity to identify families that are in need of additional support and children who are at risk of poor outcomes. Sefton has an age 0-19 population of 59,700; and of those 14,500 are under the age of 5 years. Public Health HCP is currently provided to the 0-1...