英国劳工党政府宣布将"健康婴儿"计划扩展至英格兰所有地方当局1。该计划将投入5亿英镑，从2027年4月起开设1000个家庭中心1。卫生大臣伊维特·库珀表示，目前超过一半的地方当局缺少健康婴儿服务，包括为新生儿父母提供的心理健康支持、喂养和亲子关系建设等帮助1。库珀指出："某些东西在一半的社区中缺失——即健康婴儿服务、为妈妈和爸爸提供的心理健康支持、为你的新生儿提供的喂养和亲子关系建设支持。这种情况现在将改变"1。
这一扩展计划旨在重建类似1998年由劳工党政府推出的Sure Start网络1。教育大臣布里奇特·菲利普森指出，贫困儿童与富裕儿童之间的成就差距在16岁时显现，但其根源在儿童上学前就已形成1。一项研究表明，Sure Start项目的长期成本节约为系统成本的两倍1。
Britain's Labour government has announced plans to extend the Healthy Babies programme to all local authorities in England, part of a broader effort to rebuild a system similar to the Sure Start network. 1 The initiative will receive £500 million in funding to establish 1,000 family centres starting in April 2027, offering parents access to services including infant feeding support, mental health assistance, and bonding guidance. 1
Health Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that the expansion addresses a critical gap in current provision, noting that "something is missing in half of communities … the Healthy Babies services – mental health support for mums and dad, the feeding and bonding support for your new baby. That changes now." 1 Currently, more than half of local authorities lack dedicated Healthy Babies services within their family centres. 1 Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson added that "the gap in achievement we see between our poorest and most affluent children at 16 is baked in before they even start school," emphasizing the importance of early intervention. 1
The government's approach draws on lessons from the original Sure Start programme, which was introduced by a Labour administration in 1998 and has been shown through research to deliver long-term cost savings equivalent to twice the system's initial investment. 1
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