Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: support for preterm/term babies with ongoing additional medical needs at home.
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: In 2021 1,151 babies died in the first 28 days of life, 72 per cent of whom were babies born before
Jun. 04 2008
Source Page: Dear colleague letter dated 10/04/2003 from Jacqui Smith MP regarding the report of the DH expert group on neonatal intensive care services. Incl. copy of report. 17 p.Found: 04/2003 from Jacqui Smith MP regarding the report of the DH expert group on neonatal intensive care services
Mar. 04 2009
Source Page: I. Dear Colleague letter dated 10/04/2003 from Jacqui Smith MP regarding the Report of the Neonatal Intensive Care Services Review Group. 2 p. II. Report of the Neonatal Intensive Care Services Review Group. 15 p.Found: Colleague letter dated 10/04/2003 from Jacqui Smith MP regarding the Report of the Neonatal Intensive Care Services
Written Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: PRT0081 - Preterm Birth Department of Health and Social Care Written Evidence
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: Some SLT services have funding to provide an embedded service, other services may in-reach from community
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure effective collaboration between early intervention services for babies with neurodevelopmental conditions.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Healthy Child Programme is the national public prevention and early intervention health framework for babies, children, and young people. Health visitors are specialist community public health nurses who lead the Healthy Child Programme from preconception to five years old. They deliver evidence-based interventions, which include five mandated reviews: antenatal; approximately two weeks after birth; six to eight weeks after birth; at one years old; and at two to two and a half years old. These include reviews of development and growth. Where a baby or child has special education needs or vulnerabilities, health visitors work in partnership with other professionals and families, to respond to health and care needs.
The Government is also investing approximately £300 million to improve support for families though the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. The programme is implementing many elements of the Government’s Best Start for Life Vision which was published in March 2021, and is delivering a step change in outcomes for babies, children, and their parents and carers in 75 local authorities in England, including those with high levels of deprivation. Many local authorities without funding have also chosen to implement elements of the vision.
Family hubs offer support to families from conception to two years old, and provide services for children of all ages, from zero to 19 years old, or zero to 25 years old for families with children who have special educational needs and disabilities. Family hubs are a way of joining up locally to improve access to services, the connections between families, professionals, services, and providers, and prioritise strengthening the relationships that carry us all through life. They bring together services for children of all ages, with a great Start for Life offer at their core.
Asked by: Robert Buckland (Conservative - South Swindon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the treatment of (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people by integrated care systems.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Organisations within integrated care systems (ICSs) that hold the commissioning responsibility for children and young people’s services, provide treatment to the whole population, including babies, children, and young people. There are various mechanisms for monitoring the treatment provided by different organisations, for example general practice services, including immunisations, are monitored via General Practice Indicators.
Statutory guidance sets out that all integrated care boards (ICBs) have an Executive Lead for children and young people, and that all ICB Joint Forward Plans include a section on babies, children and young people.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is due to begin assessing ICSs. The Department has asked the CQC, as part of its new scrutiny, to assess whether each ICS is adequately considering health and wellbeing outcomes for babies, children, and young people.
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: Preterm birth, defined as the delivery of the baby before 37 weeks of gestation, is a worldwide health
Written Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: In 2016 Spoons became a registered charity and developed a range of services to support families