This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Give greater priority to the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
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Appoint a current Cabinet Minister to take direct responsibility for the health and wellbeing of children and young people. New cross-Departmental policies are required to halt and reverse the serious deterioration in health and wellbeing, entrenched before the pandemic and now exacerbated by it.
If the Government doesn’t act now we are heading towards the least healthy generation of UK adults in living memory. Apart from individual human tragedies, the economic costs will be devastating. For example, obesity alone has an estimated price tag of £5.1 billion per annum ALREADY and much more money is needed to fund even the current demand for mental health services, with credible sources anticipating demand will skyrocket. Immediate and determined action is needed to safeguard the future.
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