Appointed as the Government’s early years health adviser, the MP for South Northamptonshire’s Review into Early Years Health will look at reducing inequalities in children from birth to two and a half, and the barriers that impact early years development, including social and emotional factors, and early childhood experiences.
The first 1,001 days are considered critical for development, and have a significant impact on physical health, mental health and opportunity throughout life.
However, children living in the poorest households have significantly worse health outcomes than other children, which can be caused by stress and smoking in pregnancy, as well as communication problems due to language inequalities.
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