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(UK) Head of the Royal College of Paediatrics/Child Health decries waitlists

Dec 26, 2022, Independent: Generation of children held back as hundreds of thousands wait for key NHS care https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-children-care-wait-b2248556.html
Exclusive: Failure to address long delays in care for children will ‘impact Britain for the long haul’, warns Dr Camilla Kingdon
Hundreds of thousands of children have been left waiting by the NHS for the developmental therapies they need, with some waiting more than two years, The Independent can reveal.

The long waiting lists for services such as speech and language therapy will see a generation of children held back in their development and will “impact Britain for the long haul”, according to the head of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). … SUBSCRIPTION …





Dr Camilla Kingdon is the current President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).



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