Nursery World - Vulnerable children targeted for support

Vulnerable children and families are set to benefit from the second phase of a major child health project launched in Glasgow last week with 1.6m from the Scottish Executive. The Starting Well Demonstration Project, one of four schemes set up and funded by the Executive to improve health in Scotland, provides community-based services and intensive home-based support from health visitors and community nursery nurses.

The Starting Well Demonstration Project, one of four schemes set up and funded by the Executive to improve health in Scotland, provides community-based services and intensive home-based support from health visitors and community nursery nurses.

The money will support Starting Well until the end of March 2006, covering the whole of Glasgow city.

An independent evaluation of Starting Well Phase One found it had successfully supported more than 1,800 families.

Usually, new mothers receive a minimum of six contacts over five years from a health visiting service. Under the Starting Well scheme, mothers were offered 34 contacts over the first three years of their child's life.

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