Early Years Collaborative Liz Strang Programme Manager

Context • National Outcome 2007:

Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed

• Early Years Framework 2008 10 key elements

• Early Years Taskforce 2011 In partnership with local government,

the NHS, the police and the Third Sector

Our Ambition

To make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up in by improving

outcomes, and reducing inequalities, for all babies, children, mothers,

fathers and families across Scotland to ensure that all children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed

Early Years Collaborative

Workstream 1

• To ensure that women experience positive pregnancies which result in the birth of more healthy babies as evidenced by a reduction of 15% in the rates of:

- stillbirths (from 4.9 per 1000 births in 2010 to 4.3 per 1000 births in 2015)

- infant mortality (from 3.7 per 1000 live births in 2010 to 3.1 per 1000 live births in 2015)

Workstream 2

• 85% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected

developmental milestones at the time of the child’s 27-30 month child health

review by end-2016

Workstream 3

• 90% of all children within each CPP have reached all of the expected

developmental milestones at the time the child starts primary school, by end-

2017

Workstream 4 - Leadership

• Provide the Leadership System to support quality improvement across the Early Years Collaborative

• Timely delivery of all three workstream “stretch aims”

How?

Stretch Aims

Early Years Collaborative

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SupportsExpert QI & Early Years Faculty

Networking events Local Learning

WEBEX Site Visits

Phone conferences PDT

Monthly Reports Extranet

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Key Changes

Improvement

Measures

October2013

June2014

January2014

Pre-work

Etc…

October2014

Get Involved

• http://www.scotland.gov.uk

• http://www.ihi.org

• http://www.qihub.scot.nhs.uk

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