Hard on the heels of the Government report into the future of its early education and childcare policy comes a far-reaching health strategy targeting children's physical and mental well-being.
Issued jointly by the Department for Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the strategy, 'Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures' stems, in large part, from Government unease about health inequalities and rising levels of poor mental health and obesity.
It outlines an extended role for children's centres and how they, along with schools, healthcare and community services, will support families to give every child - in the words of health secretary Alan Johnson - 'a healthy and happy start to life'.
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