Government response to the report ‘The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus’
The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report on improving support for babies, children and their families in the first 1,000 days of life.
The Department of Health and Social Care is developing a 10 Year Health Plan for England through enabling working groups, with cross-government coordination from the Prime Minister's Office. The plan addresses long-term healthcare strategy and includes focus areas such as early intervention in the first 1000 days of life, NHS financial stability, and federated data platforms. Current status involves government responses to parliamentary health committees and implementation of vision working group recommendations.
The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report on improving support for babies, children and their families in the first 1,000 days of life.
We asked the Department how it had concluded that the new hospitals required more beds than those they were replacing given that its 10-year health plan aims to shift of care out of hospitals and into the community.41 The Department …
In response to: Government response to the report ‘The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus’
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The impact statement presents the impacts of the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
Final reports from the vision working groups that supported the development of the 10 Year Health Plan.
Final reports from the enabling working groups that supported the development of the 10 Year Health Plan.
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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DHSC also noted that 2024–25 had been especially complicated due to ‘external shocks’ and, in particular, very high rates of inflation which made budget-setting very unpredictable.11 It accepted that it was preferable to give longer for local systems to plan …
NHSE received significant extra funding from the government during the course of 2023–24. This included £2.8 billion to support new pay deals for staff, and £1.7 billion to mitigate the impact of industrial action. Despite this extra money, NHS systems …
The government's financial directions to NHS England set out its budgets for 2023 to 2024.
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England about the New Hospital Programme (NHP).1 Type: conclusion | Number: 1 | Response …
After the evidence session, DHSC provided us with its current detailed schedule showing the approval and construction stages for each scheme to be completed by 2030. DHSC told us that this would be subject to detailed re-planning which is underway …
On 18 August 2020, the Department announced a reorganisation of public health in England. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was subsequently established as an Executive Agency of the Department on 1 April 2021 with its Chair and Chief Executive …
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Sets out the government's progress in implementing the Early Years Healthy Development Review report 'The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days'.
NHS England should provide an update on whether they intend to refresh their 2019 Long-Term Plan and, if so, when. Any update to NHS England’s Long-Term Plan must put prevention and long-term transformation at its heart, empowering ICSs to pursue …
The core purposes of ICSs, and the importance of addressing local needs, will not be met without good patient and carer involvement. ICSs cannot truly deliver for their local area without considering the needs of that area from the patient …
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We asked how confident NHSE was about the component programmes in its plan, particularly those aimed at increasing elective and diagnostic capacity. It told us that it did not have strong evidence for some of its programmes at present, but …
We also asked NHSE whether its increased use of the independent healthcare sector might detract from or reduce activity within the NHS itself. NHSE told us that this was a key consideration in decisions about when to use the independent …
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) and NHS England about the introduction of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) in England.1 Type: conclusion …
UIN: HLWS433 My Hon friend the Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)(Will Quince) has made the following Written Statement:This is a joint statement with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.In 2020, the government …
UIN: HCWS439 This is a joint statement with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.In 2020, the government published Genome UK, the UK’s genomic healthcare strategy, setting out a vision to create the most advanced genomic healthcare …
We welcome the previous Secretary of State’s determination to meet his duties under section 41 of the Health and Care Act. To meet these duties, the new Secretary of State must lay before Parliament objective, transparent and independently audited reports …
The Government has accepted the recommendation, first made by this committee and then by the Ockenden report, that maternity services should be funded by an additional £200–350 million per annum. The Government must lay before Parliament, within six months, a …
Reports from the G7 working groups on AI governance and interoperability setting out how the G7 are implementing their commitments on digital health.
In response to: Government response to the 'First 1000 days of life' report
Command paper responding to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on 'First 1000 days of life'.