Early Intervention and Prevention for Children, Young People and Families Award

Early intervention is vital. Many health inequalities begin in childhood, influenced by various factors, including social determinants and congenital conditions. Addressing these early can significantly improve health trajectories, prevent chronic conditions, and reduce reliance on healthcare services later in life.

In today's healthcare landscape, there's a growing recognition of the need to balance immediate crisis response with proactive, early intervention, particularly for babies, children and families. Integrated Care Systems, faced with the twin pressures of laying the foundations for a healthy society and integrating current health and care provision, can often find their priorities weighted towards crisis intervention over early intervention and prevention as they work to address day-to-day challenges.

Therefore, Award entries should focus on addressing these multiple challenges, supporting user experience and reversing crisis-management, so that babies and children are not destined to rely on frequent and expensive health care as they grow into adulthood.

Judges are particularly looking for entries that demonstrate tangible improvements in access, experience and outcomes for babies and children built on strong partnerships and using data and insights effectively and intelligently to target interventions and demonstrate measurable impact, outlining what has made a difference for our future generations.

Eligibility

All NHS organisations (including providers, partnerships and systems), General Practice and primary care organisations.