Sponsored Post¦ I’ve found myself daydreaming about going on holiday a lot recently. I suppose that a combination of lockdown and the winter have got me needing some escapism. As a result, I’ve also been reminiscing a lot about the family holidays we’ve been on over the last few years and thinking about what I want us to do when we’re able to. Quite a list has been building in my head. So much so, that a motorhome would be a fantastic idea so that we could cover several areas in one holiday!
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Children’s health and poverty in the UK
As both a mother and Social Sciences student, I have found the State of Child Health Report 2017, which was published today, concerning. Poverty in the UK and how it affects the issue of children’s health is something I have been studying this academic year and found very interesting.
Although it’s encouraging to read that we are better than the US, how and why is it that we are worse than a lot of other European countries? We have the fifth highest rate of infant mortality in Europe which is extremely worrying and this is much higher in deprived socio-economic groups. As I glance at Autumn asleep peacefully next to me, I feel quite angry that not more is being done to prevent these small, beautiful, innocent babies from dying.