It is crucial for parents to understand the value of the integrated health and early years reviews for two-year-olds, and practitioners must be able to answer their questions, says Sue Robb, Head of Early Years, 4Children.

Given that many practitioners are still struggling to get to grips with the new and upcoming reforms to the two-year-old development reviews, it's understandable that parents are likewise scratching their heads over what it really means to them and their families.

Depending on where they live, parents will have had wildly different experiences of development reviews at age two. Some will have heard talk of a 'universal' health review that they don't recall having ever received. Others may have heard that another review will soon be added on at their nursery, seemingly doubling up on a number of checks already in place.

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