Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee

Recommendation 7

7 Acknowledged

Potential overlap between Neighbourhood Health Centres and Family Hubs requires clear management strategy.

Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s intention for Neighbourhood Health Services and Neighbourhood Health Centres to work in partnership with Family Hubs. Given that both models aim to bring together health and broader support services in a “one stop shop”, it will be important that families know where to go to access support and that partner organisations are not stretched too thin attempting to provide a presence in multiple locations. We invite the Government to provide further information on how it will manage potential overlap between Neighbourhood Health Centres and Family Hubs in its response to this report. (Conclusion, Paragraph 44) Health visiting
Government response summary AI-generated
The government stated it would consider how to improve services as part of the 10 Year Health Plan, but did not provide specific information on how it will manage the potential overlap between Neighbourhood Health Centres and Family Hubs as requested.
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Government Response Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract Acknowledged
We will consider how we can continue to improve the service as we deliver the 10 Year Health Plan’s shifts to community and prevention. Workforce
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