Key policies and guidance

Not all resources referenced on this site may reflect current government policy as some were produced before the current government took office on 11 May 2010.

Access to key policy documents.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we continue to add to it.

• Report of the Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum

  The Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum has published its proposals on how health-related care for children and young people can be improved.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=132558 - 26/07/2012

• Commissioning factsheet for Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)

  This factsheet sets out the services to be commissioned by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) from April 2013.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=132437 - 24/07/2012

• Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage: Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five

  The revised framework, effective from September 2012, takes forward the Government’s reforms to the 2008 framework as recommended in the 2011 Tickell Review. The reforms will: reduce paperwork and bureaucracy; strengthen ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=123844 - 27/03/2012

• The Government’s alcohol strategy

  The alcohol strategy sets out proposals to crack down on the 'binge drinking' culture, cut alcohol-fuelled violence and disorder and reduce the number of people drinking to damaging levels. The strategy includes commitm ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=123736 - 23/03/2012

• Getting it right for children, young people and families. Maximising the contribution of the school nursing team: vision and call to action

  The report identifies the next steps towards achieving improved services and outcomes. The new service model is set within the Healthy Child Programme 5-19 which is based on best evidence to promote and protect the healt ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=122551 - 12/03/2012

• Public health in local government: factsheets

  These factsheets detail the roles and responsibilities of local authorities in the new public health system, including local authority public health functions, the role of the Director of Public Health and commissioning ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=118910 - 20/12/2011

• Public Health England's operating model

  These factsheets detail the design of Public Health England. The new public health system, which is due to be implemented from April 2013, will see local authorities take the lead for improving health, coordinating local ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=118912 - 20/12/2011

• NHS Outcomes Framework 2012-13

  This document sets out the overall vision for the NHS, the outcomes the government wants to see achieved, and the indicators that will help people understand whether improved outcomes are being achieved.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=118123 - 07/12/2011

• The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012-13

  This document outlines the business and planning arrangements for the NHS in 2012/13.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=117605 - 24/11/2011

• Tackling child sexual exploitation action plan

  This national action plan brings together, for the first time, actions by the Government and a range of national and local partners to protect children from this largely hidden form of child abuse.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=117611 - 23/11/2011

• Supporting families in the foundation years

  Sets out the government's vision for the services that should be on offer for parents, children and families in the foundation years. Explains the importance of intervening early and the role of different services workin ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=110956 - 18/07/2011

• A new approach to child poverty: tackling the causes of disadvantage and transforming families' lives

  This is the government’s first national child poverty strategy, setting out a new approach to tackling poverty for this Parliament and up to 2020. It is set against the backdrop of the Child Poverty Act 2010, which estab ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=106750 - 05/04/2011

• Opening doors, breaking barriers: a strategy for social mobility

  This strategy focuses on inter-generational social mobility, to ensure that everyone has a fair chance to do better than their parents. It aims to tackle unfairness at every stage of life with specific measures to improv ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=106841 - 05/04/2011

• Munro review of child protection: better frontline services to protect children

  Access to resources developed as part of the review of child protection carried out by Professor Eileen Munro. This review builds on the work of Lord Laming's progress report (March 2009).

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=106675 - 04/04/2011

• The Tickell Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

  In 2008 the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) was introduced with the intention of providing a framework to deliver consistent and high quality environments for all children in pre-school settings, recognising the impo ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=108408 - 18/03/2011

• Fair society, healthy lives: the Marmot review

  In November 2008, Professor Sir Michael Marmot was asked by the Secretary of State for Health to chair an independent review to propose the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in Eng ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=108447 - 11/02/2011

• Health visitor implementation plan 2011-15: a call to action, February 2011

  Sets out a programme for renewing the Health Visiting Service, stressing the importance of pregnancy and the early years in laying the foundations for future health, learning and well-being, and the role of health visit ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=103204 - 08/02/2011

• No health without mental health: a cross-government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages

  This strategy sets out six shared objectives to improve the mental health and well-being of the nation, and to improve outcomes for people with mental health problems through high quality services. It supports the Govern ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=102840 - 02/02/2011

• Health and Social Care Bill 2011

  The Health and Social Care Bill was introduced into Parliament on 19 January 2011. The Bill takes forward the areas of Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (July 2010) and the subsequent Government response Liberati ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=102138 - 19/01/2011

• Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps

  This document sets out further policy development based on feedback and reaffirms the commitment to the reforms.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=100196 - 15/12/2010

• The foundation years: preventing poor children becoming poor adults: the report of the independent review on poverty and life chances

  This report - produced by Frank Field, chair of the independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, based in the Cabinet Office – aims to: generate a broader debate about the nature and extent of poverty in the UK; exami ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=108448 - 03/12/2010

• Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health in England

  This White Paper sets out the Government’s long-term vision for the future of public health in England. The aim is to create a ‘wellness’ service (Public Health England) and to strengthen both national and local leadersh ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=99555 - 01/12/2010

• Getting it right for children and young people: overcoming cultural barriers in the NHS so as to meet their needs

  The review concentrates on understanding the role of culture in the NHS. It focuses on those areas where there are cultural barriers to change and improvement. It examines the NHS’s position in a wider system of care and ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=96161 - 16/09/2010

• Children, Schools and Families Act 2010

  The Children, Schools and Families Bill has been received Royal Assent. It contains provisions about: effective information sharing in LSCBs; strengthened the evaluation of Serious Case Reviews; and greater media reporti ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=88745 - 13/04/2010

• National framework for children and young people’s continuing care

  This framework sets out an equitable, transparent and timely process for assessing, deciding and agreeing bespoke packages of continuing care for those children and young people under the age of 18 who have continuing ca ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=87243 - 29/03/2010

• NHS 2010 - 2015: from good to great. Preventative, people-centred, productive

  Secretary of State Andy Burnham introduces a five-year plan to reshape the NHS to meet the challenge of delivering high quality health care in a tough financial environment. The report describes practical measures to mee ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=82221 - 10/12/2009

• Getting it right for children and families

  This guide is for health visitors and their teams, provider managers, commissioners and educationalists. It sets out the contribution that health visitors and teams can make to health and wellbeing and public health.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=77045 - 14/10/2009

• Youth Crime Action Plan

  This action plan sets out a comprehensive, cross-department analysis of how the Government is going to tackle youth crime. It sets out a triple track approach of enforcement and punishment where behaviour is unacceptable ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=71862 - 26/06/2009

• 2020 Children and Young People’s Workforce Strategy

  This publication sets out a vision for 2020 in which everyone who works with children and young people is: ambitious for every child and young person, excellent in their practice, committed to partnership and integrated ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=61791 - 12/12/2008

• 'Drugs: protecting families and communities' - 2008-2018 strategy

  Government's 10-year strategy, which is designed to ensure that fewer young people ever use drugs, and that those who do use drugs get help to kick the habit and re-establish their lives.

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=58696 - 27/02/2008

• Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A cross government strategy for England

  This cross-government strategy is the first step in a sustained programme to support people to maintain a healthy weight. It will be followed by a public annual report that assesses progress, looks at the latest evide ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=58511 - 23/01/2008

• National Service Framework for children, young people and maternity services

  The Children's NSF is a 10-year programme intended to stimulate long-term and sustained improvement in children's health. Setting standards for health and social services for children, young people and pregnant women, th ...

  http://www.chimat.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=56800 - 15/09/2004