Last week’s ‘Marmot Report: 10 Years On’ outlined the stark realities of health inequalities in Britain. It also demonstrated how these inequalities originate in childhood and persist through adult life.
This paper highlights some of the main inequalities in child health, and the key responses to address this. Including measures we would like to see within the NHS Long Term Plan and wider measures from the Government.
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