Child health should be election issue, say doctors
BBC News | Health | 2 March 2015
Measures to protect children’s health should be put at the forefront of the general election, say doctors.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said child health was falling “to the wayside”, with too much attention on the elderly.
It said there was large public support for junk food advertising bans, cooking lessons in school and lowering speed limits.
It added that such measures would make moral, economic and political sense.
Dr Hilary Cass, the president of the college, said: “We often see policies hitting the headlines that are targeted at the ageing population – increased funding for dementia research and additional dementia training for NHS workers are among the pledges that have been made in recent weeks.
