UK in danger of failing a generation, says child health study https://ift.tt/39o6Nfp Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Research finds UK lags behind other countries on measures including infant mortality Rising violence, drug use and mental health problems among young people in England mean society is in danger of “failing a generation”, children’s doctors have said. English teenagers are increasingly likely to be injured in youth violence and the UK is lagging behind other European countries on measures including infant mortality, according to UK-wide research into the state of child health by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J March 04, 2020 at 02:01AM

Research finds UK lags behind other countries on measures including infant mortality

Rising violence, drug use and mental health problems among young people in England mean society is in danger of “failing a generation”, children’s doctors have said.

English teenagers are increasingly likely to be injured in youth violence and the UK is lagging behind other European countries on measures including infant mortality, according to UK-wide research into the state of child health by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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