Early child development transformational change programme

What we are doing

The programme is underpinned by the Quality Improvement journey. We have been taking time to understand the current evidence base, and learning from previous change programmes. We are engaging with a range of stakeholders to understand what is needed. We are building on work with local partners, to identify implementation gaps and opportunities to test new ways of getting evidence in to practice reliably and consistently.

Everyone needs to be aware of the science and importance of early child development, so that all policies support our society to create the right environments for children to flourish.

We have identified a range of current strategies, programmes, legislation, services, guidance and advice that relate to early child development. This is helping us to:

• propose which core policies and programmes impacting on how children grow and develop, or on how parents support this, should be incorporated into a portfolio approach.
• align governance, identify and report on the measures and delivery milestones to provide a more complete picture of progress, and build more cohesion between them including seeking any opportunities for integration while strengthening the impact.
• assess policies against the international evidence to identify any policy gaps or areas for improvement, with a particular focus on the World Health Organisation’s Nurturing Care Framework.
• provide a foundation for work with service users and staff to further understand and address barriers to implementation, and identify opportunities to spread innovation.