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  • For practitioners — 21 May 2026

    A Better Start report: Parents as partners

    Read an Insight Report on early years and supporting better outcomes for young children, from across five A Better Start partnerships around the UK.

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  • Early years — 8 Apr 2026

    Perinatal loneliness briefing

    Up to half of UK parents experience loneliness during pregnancy and the first two years after giving birth. Perinatal loneliness is a preventable driver of poor perinatal mental health, with significant costs for children, families and public services. Our new briefing setting out the evidence and what government can do about it.

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  • For practitioners — 15 Jan 2026

    A Better Start report: School readiness

    Read an Insight Report on early years and supporting better outcomes for young children, from across five A Better Start partnerships around the UK.

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  • For practitioners

    LINKS Performance Report Card

    This performance report card summarises the support provided by the LINKS Network from 2016 to 2024 and the programmes outcomes.

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  • Early years — 22 Sep 2025

    A shared vision from conception to reception: Event summary

    On 14 May 2025, NCB hosted a summit that brought together around 100 senior representatives from across the early years sector to help shape a shared vision to improve outcomes for babies, young children and their families.

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  • Health — 4 Nov 2024

    The healthiest generation of children ever: A roadmap for the health system

    Babies, children and young people make up around 25% of the population, yet they only account for 11% of NHS expenditure. Children have their own developmental and health needs, separate from those of adults, that are met through a distinct set of services, staffed by a specialised workforce and underpinned by specific legislation. Yet they have never been treated equitably in national or local decision-making.

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