In other words, clever ideas and plans mean almost nothing if the implementation is poor.
With this in mind, the early findings from Christine Hough's study of the Every Child Matters reforms make worrying reading (see news, p1).
The core idea behind Every Child Matters is to integrate services to give children and young people co-ordinated help when they need it. It's a good idea and few disagree.
The development of this basic idea into concrete policy is nearly over. Only a few odd exceptions, such as the play strategy and workforce reform, remain as work in progress.
Every Child Matters is now firmly in the implementation stage, where all the good intentions will either live or die.
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