No, it is needed.

There's a bunch of public health stuff where England needs to do better. (Mothers smoking through pregnancy, mothers drinking too much through pregnancy, mother taking drugs through pregnancy, mothers eating too much through pregnancy, children not breast fed, children weaned too soon, children weaned with wrong food, children given added-sugar drinks, children and mothers at risk of violence, children and mothers at risk of accidental harm, etc etc. (It's a long list! And there's plenty more)

This are partially helped by the universal access new mothers have to health visitors, and access to things like Sure Start Centres (I'm not sure if those centres are still available though), but there's still a lot to be done.