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The focus should be on parenting to boost child development

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Drawing on research evidence about children's early development, theInstitute of Health Equity has published a framework to identify keypriorities for children's centres.

The outcomes framework aims to give practical guidance to children'scentres about how they use resources, and to support them to evaluatewhat they are doing and whether it works, as well as contribute to theongoing policy debate.

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