Karen Turner, manager of the children and young people's public health programme at the Department of Health, said: "We are looking at providing not a single service, but a holistic one with things young people said they wanted."
The two-year pilot sites are planning "beacon days" to encourage young people to see what's on offer. The sites will train adolescent health specialists and will pilot the NHS LifeCheck mooted in the youth green paper as a health MOT at the transition age between primary and secondary school.
Turner said that funding is still being confirmed, but that it would come through primary care trusts. She added that the Government will support children's trusts in setting up holistic centres in their own areas
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