The guidelines by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) make a series of recommendations covering home visits and early education, and childcare for vulnerable children. It includes advice on how to identify vulnerable children and what action services and settings should take.
It says that local authority children's services should ensure that all vulnerable children can access high-quality childcare either part-time or full-time and that they can access their free entitlement.
It also suggests that nurseries and children's centres should conduct targeted publicity campaigns, make contact through key workers, encourage other parents to help get families involved, and that family support workers should carry out home visits to encourage attendance.
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