Welcome and I wish good fortune as you build the right team around you to deliver your election promises. While I realise there are big issues that will be occupying your mind such as Brexit, I wish to be a bit parochial and draw your attention to the world of early years.
You didn’t say much about the sector in the manifesto, although I realise you were keener on big tickets. That said you did pledge to create a new £1 billion fund for holiday and breakfast and after school childcare. In truth, good wraparound is a nursery until a child reaches at least five if not six. Another recently promoted Prime Minister of Finland didn’t go to school until she was six and she like you has won the highest job in the land.
Now, while you are keen to invest in the NHS and wish to find more doctors and nurses, considering our sector within a long-term strategy may help you deliver on your promises. For example, investing in early intervention by engaging nurseries to help reduce the child obesity problem would save the NHS at least £53m a year and reduce the problems of diabetes, heart disease and asthma coming down the line.
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