Healthy Child Programme 0-19 Service

The Healthy Child Programme offers every family an evidence-base programme of interventions, including screening tests, immunisations, developmental reviews, and information and guidance to support parenting and healthy choices. It also outlines all services that children and families need to receive if they are to achieve their optimum health and wellbeing.

The Healthy Child Programme remains universal in reach continuing to set out a range of public health interventions to build healthy communities for families and children, reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities.

Within the 0 -19 service, the 0 to 5 years component provides universal health visiting services and the 5 to 19 years school nursing service. In addition to this mandatory delivery, the specification also includes the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and infant feeding requirements of the Healthy Child Programme.