The collapse in school nurses and health visitors risks creating a generation of sick children with a lifelong dependence on the NHS, a report warns.
The healthcare workers play a ‘crucial’ role supporting babies, new parents and school children by offering lifestyle advice and spotting mental and physical health issues early, when they are easier to treat.
But new analysis by The King’s Fund think tank reveals the workforce has been ‘hollowed out’ in recent years, with remaining staff ‘stretched thinner and thinner’.
It means children’s health is too often left to escalate to crisis levels, with many battling obesity, rotten teeth and
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