DHSC:GAPH: Healthy Child Programme: 5-19 Public Health Nursing

Children and young people are facing significant health challenges which affect their current wellbeing and have an impact on their future outcomes. Complex health needs, SEND, mental health disorders, digital risks to health and development and poor nutrition have all been identified as barriers to learning and increases the risk of poor outcomes The government has set out it’s ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever while shifting to community health services that are focussed on prevention....