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Austerity cuts and Sure Start children’s centres
Investment in Sure Start children’s centres is needed more than ever
BMJ 2016; 352 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i902 (Published 23 February 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;352:i902
- Melisa C Campbell, specialist registrar in public health, honorary research fellow1,
- Melissa Gladstone, senior lecturer in paediatric neurodisability2,
- Clare Oliver, foundation year one doctor2,
- Sophie Wickham, research fellow in public health data analysis1 ,
- Ben Barr, senior clinical lecturer in applied public health research1,
- Hanna Aisling, third year medical student1,
- David Taylor-Robinson, senior lecturer in public health12
- 1Department of Public health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L14 5AB, UK
- 2Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- melisa.campbell{at}liverpool.ac.uk
Torjensen highlights important new evidence that children’s centres are effective in improving children’s and families’ outcomes, and that funding cuts are having a negative impact on service provision.1 Department for Education research shows that these centres can improve …
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