TY - JOUR T1 - State of child health: how is the UK doing? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 313 LP - 314 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319367 VL - 106 IS - 4 AU - Ronny Cheung AU - Rakhee Shah AU - Rachael McKeown AU - Russell M Viner Y1 - 2021/04/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/106/4/313.abstract N2 - In 2017, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published the original State of Child Health Report, an analysis of 25 key indicators of child health across the four UK nations.1 The report described laudable progress in UK child health over the past two decades. However, across many indicators the rate of progress did not match that of other comparable countries, and the spectre of health inequality loomed large.The intervening years have only served to provide further evidence for the UK’s struggles in international comparisons of child health2 3 and the impact of health inequality.4 5 The recently published State of Child Health 2020 6 report updates and augments its 2017 predecessor. Indicators have been revised to include recent data in order to track progress. New topics have been added to reflect evolving child health priorities and challenges, including mental health, injuries from violence, child poverty, the health of looked after children and an overview of the child health workforce.Here we summarise the main report findings and set out key policy recommendations to the four UK governments.Long-term conditionsOutcomes for children and young people with the three most common long-term conditions in childhood have improved—beneficiaries of national improvement initiatives built around a networked approach and an investment in data. Across all four UK nations, those with type 1 diabetes continue to report ever-improving blood glucose control, and more are receiving their recommended regular health checks. Rate of emergency admission to hospital, often used as a proxy measure … ER -