Children's health is neglected in England's national policy

On p 229 several of Britain's leading paediatric clinicians bemoan the lack of interest in the health of children and adolescents at government level in England. Aynsley-Green et al contrast this position with that in Scotland and Wales, where children's interests are better represented, notably by ministers for children. Children, they argue, constitute 25% of the population and are vital for the future prosperity of society, yet one in three currently lives in poverty. They propose strategies for improving the status of children and adolescents, which include a national strategy for the health of children and a children's commissioner to integrate different threads of government policy.

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