One of the top five priorities in the NHS Operating Framework 2009/10 is to pay "particular attention to children's health, particularly in the most deprived areas".
The document, which sets out what strategic health authorities, primary care trusts and children's trusts should be doing with their money, goes on to cite children's centres as key settings for supporting "the delivery of high-quality services as close to home as possible".
Maxine Bretherton-Budd, director of strategy and partnerships at Together for Children, said centres are well placed to deliver neonatal and breastfeeding services due to their accessibility. But she warned that delivery of health services through children's centres must not just focus on the needs of the pre-school generation.
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