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Report paves way for Integrated Review for two-year-olds

Birth to Threes Health Provision
The Government has published findings from the pilot phase of the Integrated Review for two-year-olds.

The report by the National Children's Bureau, on behalf of the Department of Health and the Department for Education, outlines the approaches to delivering Integrated Reviews taken by the five pilot sites, what methods worked and what didn't.

Since January 2012, five local authorities - Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Medway, Leeds and Islington, have been developing Integrated Review models, which they trialled for 12 months.

Five more local authorities were also identified as pilot partners to provide support.

'The Integrated Review at Age Two', due to come in by September 2015, is designed to bring together the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) health and development review, and the EYFS Progress Check currently used to assess children’s development at 24 to 36 months old and identify opportunities for early intervention.

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