Child health high on the agenda, but political uncertainty and public health cuts pose risk to progress, warns UK’s top paediatrician

Child health high on the agenda, but political uncertainty and public health cuts pose risk to progress, warns UK’s top paediatrician The RCPCH has published State of Child Health: Two Years On, which highlights progress made against the policy recommendations in our landmark State of Child Health 2017 report.

Children’s doctors say they are “witnessing a hugely welcome shift towards the prioritisation of child health” but warn child poverty, cuts to public health services and uncertainties about Brexit pose substantial threats to progress. Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

See also:

• State of Child health: Two years on scorecard Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Child poverty and Brexit threaten improvements to children's health outcomes Nuffield Trust
• Brexit threatens children’s health with concerns over recruiting specialist doctors, report warns The Independent