As a British Medical Association report on children and health reveals how UK outcomes are falling behind other developed nations, Sir Al Aynsley-Green calls on the sector to respond at a local level in order to drive change on a national scale.

Growing Up in the UK is about children and their health today. The image on the right reminds us of the species we are talking about. She is a beautiful newly born infant girl, a citizen in her own right. Like all other newly born babies, she is defenceless, exquisitely vulnerable, and her survival and long-term potential depend critically on the care given to her by adults.

The nurture of babies and children is not just the responsibility of parents and families, as vital as that is, but it should be everybody's business - communities, faiths, schools and professional staff as well as politicians.

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