The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned that disjointed policies and drops in public health spending are damaging the long-term health of the nation in ‘State of Child Health: One year on’.
The scorecards for England, Scotland and Wales rate progress made against the series of recommendations published last year in the RCPCH’s ‘State of Child Health’ report.
England was the only country with a worsened performance against one of its recommendations - to freeze public health cuts.
The report said the greatest area for concern was the deepening public health cuts which are ‘disproportionately affecting children’s services’, quoting statistics which show public health spending by English councils is more than 5 per cent lower in 2017-18 than in 2013-14.
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