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<p>The Healthy Child Programme is a progressive universal service which offers every
child a schedule of health and development reviews, screening tests, immunisations,
health promotion guidance and support for parents tailored to their needs. For children
and families with greater needs and risks, a range of additional preventive and early
intervention services are offered, including services promoting child development
and emotional and psychological support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure the
programme remains up to date with the latest evidence, a review of the evidence base
for the Healthy Child Programme was undertaken by Public Health England and published
in March 2015. The findings of the review will ensure that the Healthy Child Programme
is underpinned by robust, up-to-date evidence of what works.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The review report is available on the gov.uk website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-rapid-review-to-update-evidence</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To support the continued provision of the Healthy Child Programme
following transfer of responsibility for planning and commissioning of public health
services for children up to age five from NHS England to local authorities on 1 October
2015, we are mandating five universal health visitor reviews:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>- the antenatal health promoting visit;</p><p> </p><p>- the new baby review;</p><p>
</p><p>- the 6-8 week assessment (the health visitor or Family Nurse led check);</p><p>
</p><p>- the one year assessment; and</p><p> </p><p>- the 2-2½ year review.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Evidence shows that these are the key times to ensure that
parents are supported to give their baby the best start in life, and to identify early
those families who need extra help. This will help ensure all children under five
and their parents get the support they need, whilst also providing an opportunity
to identify those families where extra support may be needed.</p><p> </p>
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