![The Early Years Alliance has written to the health minister outlining its concerns about planned changes to the scheme, PHOTO Adobe Stock](/media/b03asc1t/milk.jpg?width=1002&height=668&bgcolor=White&v=1da612e38e4f590)
The Alliance is worried that the changes coming in from August requiring early years settings to carry out more admin to in order to receive a third of a pint of milk each day for children in their care for free will mean many withdraw from the scheme.
Consequently, it says that nurseries may end up buying the milk themselves, creating an additional financial burden, or , for settings that cannot afford the extra cost, children will have to go without.
It is understood the proposed move, which providers are being asked their opinions on in the form of a survey, is to reduce fraudulent claims and/or errors in claims.
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