Nearly 300 children aged 11 or under were admitted to hospital emergency units across the UK last year due to the affects of drinking alcohol. An investigation by BBC Radio 5 live, also shows that 6,500 under-18s were admitted to hospital in 2012-13 for drinking too much alcohol. Charities and public health bodies say fewer children are drinking overall, but those who do may be drinking more.
Children born to mothers aged under 30 are more likely to die than those born to older mums, a report on child deaths in the UK suggests. Young maternal age was found to be a risk factor for death in early childhood, research led by the Institute of Child Health at University College London and reported in Child Health Reviews UK shows. In England, Scotland and Wales, children of mothers under 30 accounted for 11 per cent of all deaths up to nine years old.
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