Sure Start cut child admissions and health inequalities, report finds

Sure Start, a UK government programme designed to support children’s learning, health, and development, has delivered major health benefits for children in poorer neighbourhoods, a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies concludes.1

Researchers analysed Sure Start’s impact on children born in the period from its inception in 1999 to its peak in 2009-10. They found that it had reduced the likelihood of hospital admission among children of …