Embedding good health

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Embedding good health

It is a decade since responsibility for the Healthy Child Programme moved to local government. Sarah Muckle looks at the progress made as a result

By Sarah Muckle | 30 April 2025

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the transfer of the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) for 0-5-year-olds from the NHS, including the commissioning of health visitors and school nurses.

The transfer marked the final part of the overall public health transfer in England, which took place in April 2013.

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