The importance of intervening early in the lives of children, young people and families is widely recognised. Indeed, in my previous role as Children’s Minster and now as the Co-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Conception to Age 2: first 1001 days, I have been repeatedly convinced that early intervention brings the greatest rewards for the individual and society.
As Sally Davies (Chief Medical Officer, England) stated in the foreword of the Critical Days Manifesto: 'Those who suffer multiple adverse childhood events achieve less educationally, earn less, and are less healthy, making it more likely that the cycle of harm is perpetuated, in the following generation'.
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