Thursday 6 June 2019

Sure Start programme saved the NHS millions of pounds, study finds

Sure Start programme saved the NHS millions of pounds, study finds Sure Start children’s centres delivered major health benefits for youngsters in the most deprived areas, reducing the number of people taken to hospital and delivering millions of pounds in savings to the NHS, a study has found.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies research found that where Sure Start offered high levels of service in poor neighbourhoods in England, visits to hospital to treat injuries fell among all children of primary school age, and by a third of all 11-year-olds. The Guardian

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