Summary of report content
Manchester parents took part in a survey around healthy growth in children between 0 and 5 years of age. The survey examined their access to and uptake of healthy growth services for children and tested their understanding of healthy diet and exercise. The survey revealed that parents are reliant on a small number of services from large range providers and that other services are underused through lack of access and awareness. Parents have an overall good understanding of the requirements for healthy growth in children of this age group. More work needs to be done to explore, better understand and address the barriers parents face in accessing local healthy growth services. The issue of childhood obesity carries a high degree of complexity and an effective response from statutory services requires an understanding and accommodation of this. Healthy growth services need to be effectively monitored to ensure professionalism and that conflicting information is never provided to parents.Would you like to look at:
Network Impact
Relationships that exist locally, regionally, nationally have benefited from the work undertaken in the report
Implied Impact
Where it is implied that change may occur in the future as a result of Healthwatch work. This can be implied in a provider response, press release or other source. Implied impact can become tangible impact once change has occurred.
Tangible Impact
There is evidence of change that can be directly attributed to Healthwatch work undertaken in the report.