Centre managers have told Children Now that successful partnerships arefalling apart as health authorities and local authorities shy away frommainstreaming health staff as Sure Start money runs out.
Health staff at one children's centre have received letters "out of theblue" from the NHS telling them it was no longer willing to employ themas Sure Start workers and that they would have to rejoin the NHS byMarch 2007.
The centre manager said: "We're just coming up to our fifth birthday inDecember and all that we've done in drawing together people across arange of agencies will be wasted."
The news emerged at the second national conference for children'sservices held by the Children Now Fund last week.
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