Children and young people - Prevention and Wellbeing Alliance – Evidence, Research and Resources

Welcome to the CYP Prevention and Wellbeing Alliance – Evidence, Research and Resources page.

The HYPN steering group and local public health Children and Young People’s team have put together a range of useful, relevant resources and research to support Children and Young people’s Health and Wellbeing in Milton Keynes. Data, Documents and website links are available below. (Please note this list in not exclusive).

Develop an in-depth understanding of health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families

Milton Keynes Children and Young People Data

Every two years the OHID Child Health Profile  is published. Overall, comparing local indicators with England averages, the health and wellbeing of children in Milton Keynes is better than England.

Child Population Data

Live births (2019) MK 3,273, with Regional 93,664 and National at 619,505

Children aged 0 to 4 years MK 18,700 (6.9%), Regional 520,700 (5.7%), National at 3,299,600 (5.9%)

Children aged 0-19 years MK 74,000 (27.4%), Regional 2,173,500 (23.7%), National at (23.6%)

Children aged 0-19 years (projected) 70,700 (25.5%) Regional 2,180,700 (22.8%), National at 13,483,800 (22.9%)  

Further annual updates on data  

Child mortality 1-17 years (2018 – 20) MK 12.2 per 100,000, with Regional data average being at 10.3 and National at 17.7.MK is similar to regional.

Children in absolute low-income families (u16) (2019/20) 14.2%, Regional 11.1%, National at 15.1% MK is green - no significant change

Teenage Mothers (20/21) MK 0.4%, Regional 0.4% National 0.6% MK is amber – no significant change

Children in Care (20/21) MK 57 per 100,000, Regional data average is 53 England 67 - no significant change

Hospital admissions for mental health <18 years (20/21) MK 79.4 per 100,000, Regional data average is 99.4 and National is at 87.5 - no significant change

The rate of self-harm (10-24 years) at 271.3 per 100,000 is better than the region 505.6 and Nationally 421.9. MK is green – no significant change 

Amber moving into red or red status

·       Population vaccination Dtap/IPV/Hib is decreasing and getting worse.

·       Red status: Smoking status at time of delivery

·       Red status: Homelessness – households with dependent children owed a duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act.

Related OHID data reports:

 

Improving health outcomes for vulnerable children and young people

Mental health in pregnancy and infants

Speech, language and communication

Indicators green and showing large improvements

School Readiness % of children achieving good level of development at end of reception – increasing and getting better

 Further analysis of the health & wellbeing needs of Milton Keynes can be found in Children’s JSNA Chapters, Health and Wellbeing Strategy and annual DPH reports.

 

Children’s JSNA Chapters

 Children & Young People | BMKjsna.org

 

Health and wellbeing surveys

 

The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded.

Health and wellbeing surveys

 

The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded.

Enhance the local public health response to the mental health & wellbeing of children, young people & families

Snap Guide TiP

Trauma Informed Practice Snap Guide

Self Harm Toolkit

Please follow this link to access the Self-Harm Toolkit.

Ensure high quality commissioning and delivery of health & Wellbeing services

Teenage Pregnancy

Teenage Pregnancy prevention framework https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teenage-pregnancy-prevention-framework Guidance for local teenage pregnancy prevention programmes to help young people avoid unplanned pregnancies and develop healthy relationships.

Teenage mothers and young fathers support framework https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teenage-mothers-and-young-fathers-support-framework Commissioners and service providers can use this framework as a multi-agency self-assessment tool to review local services, identify gaps in provision and look at the likely impact and effectiveness of each aspect of local support for young parents.

Pregnant Pupils Policy and Care Plan March 2022 This guidance has been produced to help schools support pregnant pupils and school age parents, to ensure that the young people are able to continue their education

Enhance access to resources and support that will help promote health and wellbeing of children, young people & families

Public Health: Health and Wellbeing Campaigns

Please visit the Mental Health and Wellbeing pages for more information around our current campaigns.

SEND Local Offer

SEND local offer