Nursery World - Prevention really is better than cure

Early intervention is vital for improving the health of children
and young people, and practitioners have opportunities to make a real
difference, say Dr Claire Lemer and Leonora Weil.

Late last year the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, Dame Sally Davies, published her second annual report (advocacy volume), which focused on children, young people and the current state of child health in the UK; it was entitled Our Children Deserve Better - Prevention Pays.

The report was written by experts in the field and looked at all children and young people (up to the age of 25), as well as focusing on those with mental health problems, those with neurodisability, those in the youth justice system and those being cared for by the state. Perhaps most importantly of all, the voices of children and young people were sought, through focus groups and a review of the literature.

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