Recommendation 2

Invest more in prevention

• Sustainable funding of preventative services, including health visiting, with public health budgets ring-fenced from day-to-day and capital spending
• The Treasury to recognise the full benefits of services that improve outcomes in both the short and long term and across departments
• Extending funding for the Start for Life programme until every neighbourhood has a Family Hub or Children’s Centre
• The NHS Long Term Plan to include preventative mental health services for babies