The Start Well Strategy aims to shape how families experience the first 1000 days of their child’s life, which is fundamental to establishing good patterns and practices that form how that child grows up and the life that they will live. The strategy’s vision is to ensure every child grows up in a nurturing environment, with access to public service support helping youngsters to fulfill their potential as they move into primary and secondary education.

Start Well aims to:

– Increase the percentage of children achieving a ‘good’ level of development
– Improve mental health of parents with infant children
– Reduce the number of babies with a low birth weight
– Reduce levels of obesity at age 4-5 years
– Reduce the number of decayed, missing and filled teeth in children aged five.
– Reduce the rates of smoking at time of delivery
– Reduce attendance at A&E for children aged 0-4 years.

For more information, please visit:

– Manchester City Council’s “Children to be supported to Start Well in Greater Manchester” press release
– Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s case study

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