The Children and Young People's Health policy Influencing Group (HPIG) acts as the stakeholder council for NHS England's CYP Transformation Programme, which is currently developing the Children and Young People's Modern Service Framework (MSF). The co-chairs of HPIG sit on the advisory board to influence this work and to centre babies, children and young people as a key population health group.
With a narrow yet significant window to shape the framework’s direction before key decisions are taken, HPIG has developed a paper that sets out ten tests for the MSF for Babies, Children and Young People. It distils the children’s sector’s expectations into a concise set of criteria against which HPIG will assess the MSF when it is published and as it is implemented.
The ten tests provide a concise set of criteria against which we can assess the MSF when it is published and as it is implemented.
Children and Young people's Health Policy Influencing Group
(HPIG)
What does it ask for?
- An ambitious vision for children's health.
- The voices of babies, children, young people and families to be central to the MSF's development, implementation and evaluation.
- Clear targets that include all children, with a particular focus on those with serious and complex needs
- A credible implementation plan with clear baselines, milestones and accountability mechanisms
- Integration driven across services that interact with babies, children and young people.
- Set out how the three shifts underpinning NHS transformation apply to babies, children and young people.
- An intersectional approach, with a focus on building inclusive, anti-racist, and culturally competent services for babies, children and young people.
- Alignment with the upcoming Workforce Plan, to ensure the workforce is in place to deliver child-centred care.
- Public health at the heart of a whole-system approach to healthy childhoods
- Support for children and young people's health through every transition.