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Child health in the United Kingdom has improved markedly over recent decades but has failed to match health gains and reductions in mortality achieved by other European countries. Child poverty and inequalities are rising in the United Kingdom.
15 mar 2024 · In England, more than one in five children are overweight or obese by age five and one in four children have tooth decay. Demand for child mental health services has surged. Perhaps most worryingly, the rise in infant mortality means that UK is now ranked 30 out of 49 OECD countries – well behind other European countries except Bulgaria ...
11 maj 2024 · All children living in the UK are entitled to free healthcare from the National Health Service (NHS). This healthcare is comprehensive and covers everything from maternity services and parenting classes to high-cost treatment for children with special needs and disabilities.
14 kwi 2020 · The UK urgently needs a new focus on child health, and the development of a cross departmental national child health and wellbeing strategy would achieve this. We need a radical agenda for child public health, whereby we not only provide children with information and life skills but also create health promoting environments to ensure that they ...
5 mar 2024 · Health and social care. Profiles providing an overview of child health and wellbeing for each local authority in England.
18 lip 2016 · The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) report, State of child health - England: 1 year on, highlights that children living in England have poorer health outcomes...
27 lis 2023 · Children want to grow up feeling happy, healthy and well. In my last big survey, The Big Ask, in 2021, children spoke about wanting good physical health, and younger children in particular...
