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The Healthy Care Programme is a practical means of improving the health and well-being of looked after children and young people in line with the DCSF and DH Statutory Guidance on promoting the health and well-being of looked after children.

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Statutory guidance on promoting the health and well-being of looked after children

This guidance was published jointly by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health on 16 November 2009. It replaces the guidance, Promoting the Health of Looked After Children, published by the Department of Health in 2002, which was statutory on local authorities. The revised guidance is statutory on local authorities and also on Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities. It states:

“This guidance concerns the delivery of services from health agencies and local authorities to promote the health of looked after children and young people. It is written in the context of a holistic model of health which takes account of wider determinants of health and well-being. It is therefore relevant to all Children’s Trust partners.”