Public Health Services for 5-19 year olds

he Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out a local authority’s statutory responsibility for delivering and commissioning public health services for children and young people aged 5-19 years. Good health, wellbeing and resilience are vital for all our children now and for the future of society. There is firm evidence about what is important to achieve this through robust children and young people’s public health. This is brought together in the national Healthy Child Programme. The Integrated Public Health service for 5 to 19 year olds will provide a multidisciplinary team approach as the primary provider of the 5-19 elements of the Healthy Child Programme. The service will provide a range of public health services for 5 to 19 year olds using a progressive universalism model.