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Your Practical Guide to Building and Enhancing Early Years Health Hubs: Tools, Techniques, and Resources for Impactful Child Health Services
Your Practical Guide to Building and Enhancing Early Years Health Hubs: Tools, Techniques, and Resources for Impactful Child Health Services
Purpose of the toolkit
Purpose of the toolkit
Welcome to the Babies, Children, and Young People (BCYP) toolkit. This resource is designed to help staff and service users establish early years/child health hubs across all PCN locations in Northwest London. It offers practical tools, techniques, and shared experiences to support the development of services, enhance pathways, and improve child outcomes.
The toolkit is designed to be user-friendly, providing clear, actionable information on service development, professional collaboration, and creating equitable access to child health and care services.
What’s Inside:
What’s Inside:
Practical tools, techniques, and summaries of key information to help you get started, develop, and enhance your services.
Resources to support integration, collaboration, and community involvement.
Video introductions from our team to guide you through each section.
Explore the toolkit sections in any order to support your improvement journey.
Who Is This Toolkit For?
Who Is This Toolkit For?
This toolkit is designed to support a wide range of professionals and service users involved in the development and delivery of child health services in Northwest London.
It is tailored for:
Healthcare Professionals: Including doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, who are involved in child health services and early intervention.
Service Managers and Coordinators: Responsible for overseeing service delivery, implementation, and ensuring that health hubs meet the needs of children and young people.
Community Workers and Outreach Teams: Engaged in connecting with families and communities to improve access to services and promote health and wellbeing.
Local Authorities and Policy Makers: Working to support and implement strategic planning for child health services at a community level.
Whether you are setting up a new service, improving existing pathways, or fostering collaboration between sectors, this toolkit offers essential tools and guidance to help you make a meaningful impact on child health and outcomes in your area.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
NHS North West London Integrated Care Board, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Northwest London, Imperial College London (Department of Primary Care and Public Health, and Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Lara Ritchie, Lisa Lucas, Kajl Ahmad, Subhash Pokhrel, Amrit Banstola, and all others who have contributed to this work.
This toolkit is free to use. Use and reporting of the toolkit in any outputs (i.e., blogs, publications, reports) should cite the toolkit correctly: Ritchie L, Ahmad K, Hargreaves D, Ram B, and Blair M. Early Years Toolkit for GP Child Health Hubs. NHS North West London Integrated Care Board. 2025.
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