The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Children are waiting longer than adults to access healthcare, paediatric services are not recovering at the same rates as adult services, and there is a growing gap between demand and capacity. This has coincided with an unprecedented increased demand for children’s health services, which is forecast to grow further due to both preventable and non-preventable increases in childhood illness.

Our blueprint for transforming child health services, published in September 2024, makes the case for change. It calls on the UK government to commit to restoring health services for children in England.

Across seven themes, we set out a series of detailed and intersectional recommendations. These are intended to act as a guide to the transformational change that is needed across child health services in England.

Further information can be found at Transforming child health services in England: a blueprint | RCPCH