Latest research from the First 1,001 Days Movement found that the “hidden harms” of the spring lockdown affecting 0- to two-year-olds were “broad and significant, and experienced unevenly depending on family circumstances and background”.
The Working for babies: Lockdown lessons from local systems reviews the response to the Covid-19 pandemic for 0- to two-year-olds by local health and social care systems.
Researchers found evidence that “historically inadequate or insecure funding, and a rising tide of need, has inhibited the ability of some services and areas to respond to the coronavirus crisis.”
The report also highlights “baby blind-spots” where babies’ needs are overlooked in policy, planning and funding which were exacerbated by cuts to services during the first lockdown.
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