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Health News: Adult services - Child outcomes included in remit

Adult services will have to work towards improving children and young people's health under specific indicators to be included in local area agreements.

Earlier this year the Government announced it planned to protect publichealth money by making local authorities and primary care trusts worktowards a joint set of health and social care outcomes (Children Now,15-21 March 2007).

Last week it revealed the draft framework setting out the 40 indicatorsdesigned to achieve this, including helping under-fives to be healthierand managing children and adults' weight.

- www.info.doh.gov.uk.

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