Decline in child health in the UK is a national scandal

The steep decline in children’s health under the current government’s watch is a national scandal, documented in the Academy of Medical Sciences scathing report.1 Levels of destitution not seen since the earlier 20th century are just the tip of an iceberg of poisonous inequality, insecurity, and destruction, comprehensively chronicled by Dorling.2 The unprecedented increase in infant mortality is the last …