State of child health in the UK is unacceptable. Cuts to health visiting and school nursing services must end if we are to improve the health of children in deprived areas. (Nursing Standard, 2017, 31(25), p. 27)

The State of Child Health report, published last month by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, warns that a lack of a national strategic focus on children and the persistent gap between rich and poor in the UK are damaging the health of the nation’s infants, children and young people.

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