Latest analysis of local authority spending on all public health services, including those for children and young people, has revealed there has been an £872m reduction in the last five years – and that the extent of cuts is greatest in the most deprived areas.
The analysis – by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) – has been seized on by public health campaigners as further evidence of the harm that funding cuts have had on children and young people’s health.
By analysing Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government data, the IPPR calculated that spending on public health programmes for children aged five to 19 had fallen by £38m in real terms between 2014 and 2019. This was significantly less than the spending cuts for sexual health services (-£196m) and drug and alcohol services (-£261m).
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