The report by Professor Ian Kennedy, described NHS services as "mediocre" and said the single most important change will be to make sure children’s health services are prioritised as highly as adult services from the moment they are conceived.
Kennedy found standards of care across the country varied, with some health services struggling to communicate effectively across the complex array of organisations, units and teams.
He said many GPs have little or no experience of paediatrics as part of their professional training and "caring for children and young people is low on most GPs' priorities".
Kennedy also found that parents and carers are "frustrated at the lack of co-ordination between services" and said problems of co-ordination reflect the sheer complexity of the services children and young people need.
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