MatCHNet is a @UK_PRP network that aims to evaluate policy impacts on child and maternal health by harnessing administrative data across the 4 UK nations.
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ALT MatCHNet policy webinars (2025) Webinar 17: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care (Meng Le Zhang, Cardiff University) Webinar 18: Understanding associations between children’s housing and health using quantitative data (Amy Clair, University of Adelaide) Webinar 19: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme (Christina Vogel, City St George’s, University of London)
ALT Quote from IFS Associate Director Tom Waters: "The government has set the dual objectives of raising children’s school readiness levels and reducing child poverty. Reversing the two-child limit, at a cost of £3 billion a year, would be one of the most effective ways to target the latter goal. However, our research shows that the two-child limit has had no adverse impact on children’s development as measured by their teachers at the end of the reception year. This suggests that it might be hard for the government to “kill two birds with one stone” – simultaneously reducing child poverty and raising school readiness – through scrapping the two-child limit."
ALT A pregnant woman standing against a kitchen worktop with her hands over her bump.
ALT Child poverty on the font line of the NHS
ALT MatCHNet webinar: The impact of Sure Start Northern Ireland on health and social care Tuesday 10 June 12.30-1pm (BST) The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years. Meng Le Zhang from Cardiff University will discuss how using administrative data on children born in Northern Ireland can be used to measure the impact of Sure Start on: maternal and child health in the first 60 months of life, use of services and identification of developmental delays in children, and early parenting behaviours. See www.gla.ac.uk/matchnet for details. To stay in touch, please follow @MatCHNet_ or @MatCHNet.bsky.social
ALT MatCHNet webinar: Evaluation of the UK Healthy Start Scheme Tuesday 24 June 12.30-1pm (BST) The Maternal and Child Health Network warmly invite you to join our lunchtime webinar series, which will showcase existing evaluations of policy in the early years. Christina Vogel of City St George’s, University of London will draw upon primary research data to i) evaluate how using the Healthy Start subsidy influences food purchasing, diet and broader child outcomes; ii) identify factors driving Healthy Start use; and iii) co-create strategies to optimise the scheme’s impact.
