To support the speech, language and communication elements of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), Public Health England (PHE) is partnering with the Department for Education to develop a model speech, language and communication pathway for services for children aged zero to five years. The pathway is built on the best evidence and good practice and will be published by September 2019. This will support local joint commissioning and service provision.<\/p>
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The \u2018Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (HCP): the health visitor and school nurses commissioning guidance\u2019 was refreshed in March 2018 and is available to view at the following link:<\/p>
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthy-child-programme-0-to-19-health-visitor-and-school-nurse-commissioning<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The guidance supports local commissioning and delivery of the HCP and the delivery of the HCP, including the speech, language and communication elements.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 165670 on Speech and Language Disorders: Children, what steps Public Health England plans to take to draw on expertise from a speech, language and communications expert to inform its work on mental ill health prevention.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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