CYP Now - Pandemic ‘worsening inequalities’ for children in the north of England

The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated child health and education inequalities between children living in the north and south of England, according to a new report.

Girls living in deprived areas of Leeds have a significantly lower life expectancy than those living in more affluent areas of London, the report states. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) report warns that the impact of the virus and restrictions introduced to control the pandemic made a “child health crisis unfolding in the north of England much worse”.

The report notes that pre-pandemic data on trends in inequalities in life expectancy at birth “reveal 20-year gap in life expectancy for girls growing up in areas with the highest life expectancies”.

For girls living in the poorest areas of Leeds, life expectancy is 74.7 years compared with 95.4 for those living in the most affluent areas of Camden, north London.

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