Amy Weir, member of the Association of Directors of Social Services' children and families committee, told a conference that health would not join up effectively with education and social services unless responsibility for child health was given to the children's minister.
But the minister told Children Now that she was happy with the status quo. "I don't see that as a problem because I will be signing off the national service framework," she said.
Weir, a former child health worker who has been seconded to the Department of Health, said greater integration was particularly important when it came to spotting need among children under the age of three.
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