The committee called for the development of paediatric allergy services in parallel with adult services through regional centres. Each would be staffed with a minimum of two paediatric allergists supported by paediatric nurse specialists and one half-time paediatric dietician.
But in its response to the committee last week the Government announced it would only review the research on the epidemiology, or causes of and demand for treatment for allergies.
This was described as a delaying tactic by Pam Ewan, consultant in clinical immunology and allergy at Addenbrooke's NHS Trust in Cambridge, and secretary of the Royal College of Physicians' working party that produced the Allergy: The Unmet Need report in 2003.
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