The two recent White Papers, one on education and the other on health, appear to be contradictory when it comes to a holistic approach to children's services says Chris Waterman.

In the past few weeks we have had two white papers, each is of critical importance to children's services, but for very different reasons. The importance of teaching: The schools White Paper which education secretary Michael Gove presented to the Commons does what it says on the tin. It is all about teaching and what happens in schools.