Britain is “medicalising” children rather than bringing them up properly, the head of the health service has said

Britain is “medicalising” children rather than bringing them up properly, the head of the health service has said Britain is increasingly “medicalising” children instead of bringing them up properly, the head of the health service has warned.

Simon Stevens said the NHS will expand its mental health services in response to rising levels of anxiety and distress fuelled by social media.

But he said that far more needed to be done to protect children, by giving them an upbringing which shielded them from some of today's pressures. The Daily Telegraph