The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) report, published today, warns that children’s health in the UK is in jeopardy, with higher child death rates, obesity and ill-health than in many European countries. It says particularly troubling is the ‘stark inequalities’ in child health between the rich and the poor that have widened in the last five years.
According to The State of Child Health, nearly one in five children in the UK is living in poverty and inequality is blighting their lives, with those from the most deprived backgrounds experiencing ‘much worse’ health compared with the most affluent.
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