More than four out of ten (43 per cent) of RCPCH members said that poor mental health was the biggest future burden on children’s health services within the next 19 years.
The RCPCH predicts children’s doctors are set to spend more of their time working with young people with complex healthcare needs and working across both physical and mental health.
Mental health problems in children are already “increasing in number and severity,” says the college.
The findings have been published in the RCPCH report Paediatrics 2040 – Our vision for the future of paediatrics in the UK, which is the result of a three-year research project.
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