New forums highlight healthcare challenges for children and young people, indicating urgent improvements are needed.
Children and young people will shape the future of our society and yet the healthcare structures designed to support them continue to fall short. Years of underinvestment in children’s services have resulted in widening socioeconomic inequalities and unacceptable delays in accessing mental health support, surgery and essential preventative health checks in homes, schools and communities.
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