Nursery World - Paediatricians call on PM for urgent plan for all children to return to school

More than 1,500 paediatricians have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for the Government to urgently publish a clear plan for getting all children back to school.

The open letter from child health experts and doctors has been organised by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

It was signed by more than 500 of the college's members within an hour of being sent out.

The letter to the PM is an unprecedented move by the RCPCH, which is calling on the UK government to urgently publish a clear plan for getting children back to school, together with resources to implement it, as the first step in a national recovery programme for children and young people.

The open letter argues that the current interruption to schooling is ‘without precedent’ and that, for many children from disadvantaged backgrounds, the health and wellbeing interventions schools provide alongside education 'are the difference between surviving and thriving'.

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