Prof Sir Al Aynsley-Green urges the government to make young people and their health a post-Covid priority
In our new health manifesto, Hope for the Future, which launched this week, we are urging government to appoint a cabinet-level secretary of state to be responsible for integrating all aspects of policy for children and young people. Why? Because children are our most precious resource, yet they have lost out immeasurably during the pandemic.
Who in government is responsible for the overall needs of children? The depressing answer? No one. Who has responsibility for developing joined-up policies to support children? Nobody. Is there any vision for childhood post-Covid? There isn’t.
