Implementing the NHS-10-Year Plan: HPIG briefing
NHS England have published a description of the Model Emergency Department, which lays out the key elements of an ED and how it should be delivered. The Children’s Hospital Alliance were invited to work with NHS England to help to draft the paediatric element of this, which describes the specific challenges for a paediatric ED […]
Implementing the NHS-10-Year Plan: HPIG briefing
The Children and Young People’s Health Policy Influencing Group (HPIG) has welcomed the Government’s Ten-Year Health Plan and its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever. Its latest briefing sets out how a robust implementation plan is needed to fundamentally reprioritise the way babies, children and young people are served by the health […]
Shaping the future – our submission to parliament
The first 1000 days The Children’s Hospital Alliance (CHA has submitted evidence to the Health Select Committee’s inquiry into a child’s first 1000 days (from conception to aged two), which outlined the need to prioritise early years investment by returning to the Sure Start Local Programme model.; In a comprehensive submission, the CHA has emphasised […]
King’s Fund publishes ten actions for the Government on child health
The King’s Fund has published ten actions for the Government to take to improve the health of children and young people. Please see these below. The Department of Health and Social Care should: Allocate a greater and more equitable share of health service funding to children in the multi-year Comprehensive Spending Review, ensuring that ICSs increase […]
CHA report into Youth voices and the ten-year plan published
We are delighted to share the Children’s Hospital Alliance (CHA) report, prepared for our 2025 Annual Conference ‘Innovating to Reform Paediatric Care’. We held our conference in the same financial year as a new Government was voted in on an election manifesto that included a promise to raise ‘the healthiest generation of children ever’. This […]
National Children’s Bureau response to NHS England being abolished
The Children’s Hospital Alliance welcomes the below response from the National Children’s Bureau to the news that NHS England is to be abolished. NCB statement on the abolition of NHS England We recognise the Prime Minister’s desire to reduce duplication and increase the responsiveness of the NHS. Nevertheless, it is critical we do not lose […]
CHA conference – collaborating and innovating to reform paediatric care
Over 100 delegates from across our member organisations, as well as national organisations, heard from the Minister for Public Health and Prevention Ashley Dalton, the Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza and young people about the importance of paediatric healthcare at the Children’s Hospital Alliance (CHA) conference on 4 March. Held in Birmingham, the conference […]
CHA response to public health funding announcement
CHA response to public health funding announcement The Children’s Hospital Alliance (CHA) acknowledges the government’s recent announcement of increased public health funding. Any additional resources are welcomed, particularly if they are focused on improving child health and reducing health inequalities. Our members have regularly raised concerns about the impact of reduced resources for children’s public […]