Improving outcomes for children and young people How NICE guidance can help

1. Improving outcomes for children and young people How NICE guidance can help

2. What this presentation covers • Introduction • About NICE • Benefits for schools • Published guidance • Example: obesity • How to find out more and get involved

3. Introduction • ‘The children’s plan: building a brighter future’, sets out the government’s plans for the next ten years to secure better outcomes for children and young people • Everyone who works with children and young people has a role to play • Government, schools, early years settings and national organisations can use NICE guidance to help them take effective action to deliver these goals

4. About NICE • NICE is the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence • It is responsible for producing guidance based on the best available evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness to promote health and to prevent or treat ill health

5. About NICE: how it works • Sets up independent committees to review the best available evidence and produce recommendations • Invites stakeholders to comment on the resulting recommendations • Works with stakeholders and national organisations to provide support tools and encourage uptake

6. Benefits for schools • NICE recommendations: • can help inform DCSF and DH policies and standards for schools • offer schools advice on how to improve the health and productivity of both students and staff • offer advice to school governing bodies and local partners on how to promote health and wellbeing

7. Published guidance • NICE has produced recommendations on a range of subjects relevant to schools including: • obesity • sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancy • alcohol use • substance misuse

8. Example: obesity • People often develop life-long patterns of behaviour during their school years • Schools and early years settings can encourage the development of healthy eating habits and regular physical activity

9. Obesity: NICE recommends • Improving children and young people’s diet and physical activity levels should be a priority for schools • A ‘whole-school’ approach should be used to develop life-long healthy eating and physical activity practices

10. Obesity: NICE recommends • All school policies should encourage healthy eating, physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight • Teaching, support and catering staff should be trained in healthy school policies • Links should be established with relevant organisations and professionals to promote sports for children and young people

11. Obesity: NICE recommends • Interventions should address the whole school, and be: • sustained • multi-component • part of a long-term integrated programme

12. Obesity: NICE recommends • As part of the whole school approach, provide staff with the opportunity to: • eat a healthy diet • be physically active

13. Obesity: NICE recommends • Promote physical activities that children and young people find enjoyable • Provide a pleasant, sociable environment for eating meals and supervise younger children • Consider the students’ views and, where possible, involve parents

14. How to get involved Suggest topics Register as a stakeholder to comment on scopes and draft guidance Help NICE develop support tools Sign up for ‘Into practice’ and E-alerts

15. Find out more • Visit www.nice.org.uk for: • guidance for schools (including quick reference guides) • slide sets, costing reports and other support tools • NICE’s forward planner (for guidance in development) • NICE guidance can also be found on www.teachernet.gov.uk