Health
While the government has promised to ringfence NHS services, professionals are worried about the indirect consequences of the comprehensive spending review (CSR). Dr Chris Hanvey, chief executive of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, says: "Children's health is broader than the NHS and links closely with social services, education and the voluntary sector.
"Will health be expected to pick up service provision that is cut by the CSR? Will there be even larger gaps in service provision through which vulnerable children can fall? Safeguarding services cross the health and social care sectors and any cuts to social services will inevitably put additional pressure on the health service."
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