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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

UK children’s doctors given advice on how to help families in poverty

Doctors are encouraged to help poorer children get free school meals.
Doctors are encouraged to help poorer children get free school meals. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

Children’s doctors plan to help poor families cope with the cost of living crisis and its feared impact on health, amid concern that cold homes this winter will lead to serious ill health.

In an unusual move, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) is issuing the UK’s paediatricians with detailed advice on how they can help households in poverty.

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