The move will bring together the town's previously separate school nursing and health visiting services and link them more closely with children's centres and other preventative services.
"Through putting in place an integrated health visiting and school nursing service to work with early intervention services the council and Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will provide excellent support to help families and children access the right service at the right time," said Jan Gavin, the lead member for children's services at Reading Council, which were rated "inadequate" by Ofsted in August 2016.
The new service offers support to families with children from pre-birth to 19 years old or, when a young person has special educational needs, until the age of 25.
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