Chapter 8 of the Report, which was publishedas a separate action plan, summarised difficulties in the current system andset out a six-point action plan for avoiding these difficulties and improvingservices for children over the longer term: Consider Children’s Servicesas a Single Service SystemEstablish a Joint Children’sService PlanEnsure Inclusive Access to UniversalServicesCo-ordinate Needs AssessmentCo-ordinate InterventionTarget Services.We have made good progressin bringing about the improvements in the action plan, for example throughAdditional Support for Learning legislation and our integrated children’sservices planning framework which brings together previously separate plans forchildren’s services, school education, child health, children’s social work andyouth justice.Implementation of Gettingit Right for Every Child will result in a unified system for both universaland targeted children’s services founded on integrated assessment, a singlerecord and plan to meet...